Spanish Civil War Aircraft

Make and model	Picture	Nationalist code No.	Republican code letters	Notes

Aero A-101 Oca, Praga, Papagayo		17	LA LL

Airspeed AS-6 Envoy		41	LA

Airspeed AS-8 Viceroy				The single Viceroy (a re-engined Envoy) ended up in Spain.

Arado Ar 66 C		36

Arado Ar 68 E		9

Arado Ar 95 A		64		One of the small batch of Ar 95's sent to Spain to equip the Condor Legion shortly before the end of the war was test-flown as the "trousered" Ar 95 A version.

Arado Ar 95 W		64

Avia BH-33				A single Avia BH-33, painted white, flew to Spain in the early days of the Civil War, losing it's machine guns and synchronization mechanism en route, but it's history in the conflict is not known.

Avia 51			TA	Three sent to Spain, but only one arrived, the other two being lost when their transport ship was sunk by Nationalist warships. The colour scheme shown is speculative, although part of the fuselage of the crashed 'plane is shown in a photograph.

Avro 594 Avian

Avro 626 Prefect

Avro 643 Cadet

Beechcraft 17 Staggerwing

Bellanca 28-70			LB

Blériot-Spad 51				Two Spad 51s were in Spain at the outbreak of the war, and at least one served with the republicans, probably as a trainer.

Blériot-Spad 56

Blériot-Spad 91

Blériot-Spad 111

Bloch MB-200			BB	A single MB-200 was probably sent to Spain, 'though no corroborative documentary evidence seems to exist.

Bloch MB-210			BB

Boeing 281			CB	Export version of the P-26, A single example was demonstrated in Spain before the civil war, and was requisitioned by the government on the outbreak of war. It was shot down in 1937, after which compensation was paid to the Boeing company.

Breda Ba 25

Breda Ba 28		34

Breda Ba 33

Breda Ba 39

Breda Ba 64		8		A forerunner of the Ba 64, at least one served with the Aviazione Legionaria, apparently coded 8*1.

Breda Ba 65		16

Breguet 460 M4 Vultur

Breguet-Wilbaut 470 T Fulgur			TV

Breguet Br. XIX A2		10	RB	The mainstay of the pre-war Spanish light bomber and reconaissance force. The serving aircraft at the outbreak of hostilities were more-or-less evenly divided between the two sides.

Breguet Br. 26T

Bristol Bulldog II			~

British Aircraft L25 Swallow

British Aircraft Eagle II

Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann		33

Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister		35	EX

Cant Z-501		62

Cant Z-506		73

Caproni AP-1		32		Also known as Ca 301

Caproni Ca-100

Caproni Ca-135S				Of the 7 or so sent to Spain, only 2 arrived safely, and spent most of the war, unused, on the Balearic islands

Caproni Ca-310 Capronchino		18

CASA III

Caudron C-59 / 490

Caudron C-272 / 273 Luciole			EL

Caudron C-282 Phalène		30

Caudron C-440 to 448 Goëland		31	TC

Caudron C-600 / 601 Aiglon		30	EA	Some of the Aiglons seen in photographs from the Spanish Civil War have trousered undercarriages, and so initially look like Miles Falcons.

Cierva C-19

Cierva C-30 A

Comper CLA 7 Swift

Consolidated 20-A Fleetster		47

Couzinet 101

de Havilland D.H. 9		34	RH

de Havilland D.H. 60 Moth			EM

de Havilland D.H. 80 Puss moth

de Havilland D.H. 82 Tiger moth			EP

de Havilland D.H. 83 Fox moth		30

de Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon			LD

de Havilland D.H. 85 Leopard moth		30

de Havilland D.H. 87 Hornet moth			TH

de Havilland D.H. 89A Dragon Rapide		40	LR

de Havilland D.H. 90 Dragonfly			LY

Dewoitine D 27			CD

Dewoitine D 53			CD	Different authors disagree as to whether the aircraft shown in the profile was a D 27 or D 53.

Dewoitine D 370 series			CD

Dewoitine D 510TH			CW	Two modified aircraft without the engine-mounted cannon typical of the D510 were supplied to the Republicans, and after recall of their engines to France were flown with Russian M-100A engines from a written-off Tupolev SB-2.

Dornier Do 15 Wal		70	HD

Dornier Do 17E Bacalao		27

Dornier Do 17F Bacalao		27

Dornier Do 17P Bacalao		27

Douglas DC-1			TD	The one and only DC-1 (distinguishable by the row of 6 side windows to the DC-2's 7) served in Spain during its eventful history.

Douglas DC-2		42	TD

Fairchild K.R.22C-7E		30

Fairchild 91		63	XA

Farman F-190 / 291 series		30	SF TF

Farman F-354

Farman F-480 Alizé

Fiat AS 1		30		The profile shows a fiat AS 1 in Austrian home defence markings.

Fiat BR 20		23

Fiat CR 20				Several CR 20s were used by the Aviazione Legionaria, primarily as trainers, and probably mostly the 2-seat version.

Fiat CR 30		37		Two two-seat trainer versions of this larger forerunner of the CR32 were sent to Spain

Fiat CR 32 Chirri		3	CX FF	After the civil war some examples were produced by Hispano as the Ha-132.

Fiat G 8				Two examples of this trainer were used by the nationalists from 1938. The profile is from WWII.

Fiat G 50		1

Fieseler Fi 156 A / B Storch		46		At least five Storchs were sent to Spain as part of the Condor Legion. It seems that the first 2 were Fi 156 A's or B's.

Fieseler Fi 156 C Storch		46		Photographs suggest that 46•3 to 46•5 were early model Fi 156 Cs.

Fleet 10

Focke-Wulf FW 56			EW CN	3 aircraft made their way to Republican Spain. The code CN was applied to machines which were replacements for Nieuport 52s. The 3 aircraft were re-engined with radial engines later in the war.

Fokker C.X			LF	Like the D.XXI, the C.X was set to be produced under license by the Republicans. A pattern example was flown in Spain, and a second was flown with a Soviet M-100 engine.

Fokker D.XXI			CF	Due for production by the republicans, production had not got under way by the end of the war due to lack of engines. However a pattern example was flown in Spain, and a second is reported to have flown with a Soviet M25 engine. The colourscheme shown is based on that of the pattern aicraft from Insignia magazine.

Fokker F.VIIa

Fokker F.VII/3m		20 45

Fokker F.IX				The profile to the left shows a F.IX in Czechoslovakian service

Fokker F.XII		20 45

Fokker F.XVIII			BF

Fokker F.XX

Ford 4 AT Trimotor

Freüller Valls MA

General Aircraft ST-12 Monospar		31

General Aircraft ST-25 Monospar			SM TM

General Aviation Clark GA-43A

González Gil-Pazó GP-1			EG

González Gil-Pazó GP-4		30		30•20

Gotha Go 145		38

Gourdou-Leseurre GL-32			LG CG	Several GL 32s sent to Spain in response to an order from the Basque regional government had a modified undercarriage to allow carriage of a bomb between the undercarriage legs.

Gourdou-Leseurre GL-633				The GL 633 was a development of the GL32, again with split-axel undercarriage, with airframe stressed for dive-bombing, and with a new wing with rounded wingtips.

Grumman GE-23 Delfin		5W	AD

Guinea-Severt 2DDM

Hanriot H-182			EZ

Hanriot H-437/239

Hawker Spanish Fury		4 4W	~

Hawker Spanish Osprey

Heinkel He 45 Pavo		15

Heinkel He 46 C Pava		11

Heinkel He 50 G		~		A single example was sent to Spain for evaluation, but probably didn't see any action.

Heinkel He 51 B		2

Heinkel He 51 C		2

Heinkel He 59 B Zapatones		71

Heinkel He 60 E		60

Heinkel He 70 E Rayo		14

Heinkel He 70 F Rayo		14

Heinkel He 111 B Pedro		25	FH

Heinkel He 111 C		~		Used on supply routes from Germany to the Condor Legion.

Heinkel He 111 E Pedro		25	FH

Heinkel He 112 V6		5		The V6 prototype was armed only with an engine-mounted 20mm canon, and was nicknamed Kanonenvogel by Heinkel. It proved a very effective ground-attack aircraft in Spain before it was written-off in a forced landing.

Heinkel He 112 V9 (B-0)		8		The V9 was the prototype for the B-series aircraft, having been almost completely redesigned. It was tested in Spain over a prolonged period by the Condor legion.

Heinkel He 112 B-1, B-2		5		Several (probably 17) B-series He 112s (both B-1 and B-2 models) were delivered direct to the Spanish Nationalist air force.

Heinkel He 115 A-0		~		Two planes were sent to the Balearics to join the Condor Legion weeks before the end of the war. They were unarmed, carried no serial numbers and probably saw no service.

Henschel Hs 123 A Angelito		24

Henschel Hs 126 A Super-Pava		19

Hispano-Suiza E-30			EE

Hispano-Suiza E-34			EF

Junkers F 13

Junkers K 30

Junkers W 34 hi		43

Junkers Ju 52/3m		22

Junkers Ju 52/3m W		72		One example sent to Spain, coded 72*1. The picture to the left is of a Norwegian airways aircraft.

Junkers Ju 60		~		Used on supply routes from Germany to the Condor Legion

Junkers Ju 86 D Fumo		26

Junkers Ju 87 A Stupido, Stuka		29

Junkers Ju 87 B-1 Stupido, Stuka		29

Klemm KI 32 a XIV		30

Koolhoven FK 51			EK LK

Latécoère 28			TL

Letov S 231		3W	CL

Letov S 331				Re-engined version of the S 231, only a single prototype was produced, which ended up in Spain.

Lioré et Olivier 213

Lockheed 5B Vega

Lockheed 8 Sirius

Lockheed 9D Orion			TK

Lockheed 10 Electra		42

Loire 46			~

Macchi M-18			HM

Macchi M-41		50

Martinsyde M-4 Buzzard			MS	The non-standard republican code resulted from the operation of this type by the republican navy rather than air-force.

Meridionali Ro-37bis		12

Meridionali Ro-41		7

Messerschmitt M 23b

Messerschmitt Me 35		30

Messerschmitt Bf 108 B Taifun		44

Messerschmitt Bf 109 Prototypes V3,V4,V5,V6		6	FM

Messerschmitt Bf 109 A		6	FM

Messerschmitt Bf 109 B		6	FM

Messerschmitt Bf 109 C		6	FM	Identification of the machine at left as a Bf 109 C is highly suspect, but for the moment I'm leaving it here as a placeholder.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 D		6	FM

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E		6	FM

Miles M.2 Hawk		30	EN

Miles M.23 Hawk Speed 6

Miles M.3 Falcon 6		30	EN

Monocoupe 90 A		30	EQ

Morane-Saulnier MS-140			EU

Morane-Saulnier MS-181			EU

Morane-Saulnier MS-230			EU

Morane-Saulnier MS-341

Moreau 10(I)

Nieuport-Delage NiD 52		1	CN	The mainstay of the pre-war Spanish fighter force. The serving aircraft at the outbreak of hostilities were more-or-less evenly divided between the two sides.

Northrop 1D Delta			TN

Northrop 2D Gamma

Northrop 5B Gamma			LM TG

Percival Gull Six

Polikarpov I-15 Chato, "Curtiss"		8 2W	CA

Polikarpov I-15bis Super-chato			CC	Arriving in Spain towards the very end of the conflict, it is doubtful whether the I-15bis aircraft saw any active service.

Polikarpov I-16 Type 5 Mosca, Rata, "Boeing"		1W	CM

Polikarpov I-16 Type 6 Mosca, Rata, "Boeing"		1W	CM

Polikarpov I-16 Type 10 Super-mosca		1W	CM CH	Code CH was applied to machines license-built by Hispano (which also differed in the windscreen and gunsight)

Polikarpov UTI-4			EY

Polikarpov R-5 Rasante		17W	LN RR

Polikarpov R-Z Natacha		16W	LN

Potez 25			LP

Potez 36

Potez 43

Potez 54 series			BP

Potez 58

Potez 560

PWS-10		4

Renard-Stampe- Vertongen 32/85				The profile is of a 32/90 serving with the Belgian air force.

Romano R-82			ER

Romano R-83				Fighter built specifically to an order from the Republicans, and constructed secretly in Belgium. Six were built and shipped to Spain, where they were probably used as advanced trainers.

Romano R-92				A single prototype was built to an order from the Republicans, and was probably delivered to Spain.

RWD 9				Two civil examples may have ended up in Spain, although the evidence is not strong. The colour scheme to the left (taken from Miranda & Mercado,1989) is therefore speculative.

RWD 13 Polaca		30

SAB-SEMA 12			EC	Erroneously referred to as the SAAB-10 by Ries & Ring.

Savoia-Marchetti S.55				The profile to the left shows an S.55 in Italian service.

Savoia-Marchetti S.M.62		61	HS

Savoia-Marchetti S.M.75				Used on supply routes between Italy and the Aviazione Legionaria

Savoia-Marchetti S.M.79		28

Savoia-Marchetti S.M.81		21	FS

Seversky SEV3				A single example was built which had a long and varied history. Originally designed as an amphibian, it was sent to republican Spain, but its floats apparently never arrived.

Sikorsky S-38B

Spartan Cruiser II

Spartan 7W Executive		30	TP

Stinson SR-10 Reliant			TS

Tupolev SB 2M-100A Katiuska, "Martin"		20W	BK

Vickers Spanish Vildebeest			BR HV

Vultee V-1/V-1A		18 43	BV

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