Aviazione Legionaria
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The Aviazione Legionaria ("Legionary Air Force") was a unit sent by the Italian Regia Aeronautica ("Royal Air Force") in support of Franco's Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. They acted in concert with the German Condor Legion.
They served from August 1936 to the end of the conflict in March 1939. Altogether a total of 758 airplanes were sent:
- Fiat CR.32, fighter (376 aircraft)
- Fiat G.50, fighter (12)
- Fiat BR.20, bomber (113)
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.79, torpedo-bomber (103)
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.81, bomber (58)
- Breda Ba.65, ground attack aircraft (12)
- Seaplanes, several types (22 approximately)
- Transport aircraft, several types (53 approximately)
- Troop carrier aircraft, several types, (10 approximately)
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