Ernst Schacht
Ernst Schacht (b. Basel 1904, d. 23 February 1942), a Swiss of German origin, emigrated to the Soviet Russia in 1922 when he was 18 years old. Enlisting in the Soviet air force, he headed the Soviet bomber squadron which, on 7 November 1936, bombed Nationalist forces during the siege of Madrid.[1]
Eventually becoming a general, he was awarded the rank of Hero of the Soviet Union for his performance in the Spanish Civil War.[2][3]
He was shot on the orders of Lavrenty Beria in early 1942.[4]
References
- ↑ Erich Schmid, In Spanien gekämpft, in Russland gescheitert: Männy Alt (1910-2000)--ein Jahrhundertleben, 2011, ISBN 3280061229
- ↑ Daniel Kunzi , C'était mon rêve, 2008
- ↑ Jesús Salas Larrazábal, La guerra de España desde el aire: dos ejércitos y sus cazas frente a frente, 1969
- ↑ Associated Press, Flying Ace was Short (sic) on Orders from Beria, Florence Times, 22 November 1964
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