Crickets against Rats. Regia Aeronautica in the Spanish Civil War 1936-1937 vol. 2 (Kagero 9788364596971)

Category Aviation Books, Subcategory WW2 Italy, ISBN/Box 9788364596971, Series Air Battles 23, Publisher/Brand Kagero, Author Marek Sobski, Format a4, No. Pages 80, Version sb, Language English

On 1 July two BR.20s performed a raid from Soria airfield. They dropped then twenty 50-kg bombs on the locality of Cifuentes. During the battle of Brunete bombers of that type frequently attacked Republican ground troops. They ventured over enemy’s rear without fighter escort and easily escaped fighters trying to intercept them. The new bomber passed well its first combat test. On 3 July the bombers from Majorca bombed Valencia. It was a retaliatory raid ordered by Franco, concerning the previous Republican raids on cities in the Nationalist zone.

80 pages
70 photos
12 color profiles