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Title: photos of Spanish I-16 Post by: Massimo Tessitori on August 28, 2011, 05:35:15 PM Hi, here are some good photos of 'popeye' I-16. One can see that the undersurfaces were of two colors, probably silver and grey, even su some Spanish planes, so they preserved the Soviet colors. http://elhangardetj.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2012-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=20 (http://elhangardetj.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2012-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=20) Regards Massimo Title: Re: photos of Spanish I-16 Post by: marluc on August 29, 2011, 10:17:00 PM Thanks Massimo for sharing these great pictures.Greetings.
Massimo Title: Re: photos of Spanish I-16 Post by: Massimo Tessitori on August 30, 2011, 07:18:13 AM You are welcome , Martin.
I've always appreciated this blog for photos of recent planes too. Regards Massimo Title: Re: photos of Spanish I-16 Post by: stevehed on August 30, 2011, 09:52:42 PM Well done Massimo,
Just had a quick glance but these are great photos. The bottom picture on the first page showing a couple of Faits about to attack a Republican bomber caught my eye. My Spanish is a little rusty so next time I'll sit down with a dictionary but it seems to me that it is suggested the bomber is a French aircraft. Well it looks like an American Martin B10 or whatever number the export version was. Picture has to be a fake don't you think? Nationalists thought SB2's were Martins and called then so throughout the war. Propaganda picture based on mis-information ?? What do you guys think?? Regards, Steve Title: Re: photos of Spanish I-16 Post by: Massimo Tessitori on August 31, 2011, 06:59:33 AM Hi Steve,
it looks a B-10 to me too, but I'm not expert of planes of the '30s. Was it ever utilized in Spain? Regards Massimo Title: Re: photos of Spanish I-16 Post by: Pascal on August 31, 2011, 11:27:00 AM I agree with your opinion about the bomber. It is not a french plane, it looks too nice ! ;D I think it's a fake too, with a pic of a B-10.
Pascal Title: Re: photos of Spanish I-16 Post by: KL on August 31, 2011, 07:53:25 PM The bottom picture on the first page showing a couple of Faits about to attack a Republican bomber caught my eye. My Spanish is a little rusty so next time I'll sit down with a dictionary but it seems to me that it is suggested the bomber is a French aircraft. Well it looks like an American Martin B10 or whatever number the export version was. Picture has to be a fake don't you think? Nationalists thought SB2's were Martins and called then so throughout the war. Propaganda picture based on mis-information ?? What do you guys think?? Spanish Air Force had planned to purchase Martin B-10 bombers before SCW. With the beginning of SCW all negotiations with the Americans were suspended and (real)Martin Bombers never reached Spain. Sometimes during the war a retouched photo of Martin B-10 with red Republican markings appeared in Republican press. It was probably an attempt to cover up origin of SB bombers (also an all-metal monoplane bomber). Photomontages and retouched photos were common on both sides; it was a propaganda war too. Similar Italian photomontage with Fiats flying around a smoking French parasol fighter is well known. Cheers, KL |