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Spanish Civil War

Fuerza Aérea de la República Española

NAME              VICTORIES      UNITS                                    COMMENTS

Petrović, Bosko       8  [5+3]   1^a esc., Grupo 26                        7+3

Comments:

Air-to-Air Victories

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1937
1	02/06/37		1	CR.32 (a)	Destroyed	I-15		Sierra de Guadarrama area	1^a/Gr. 26
	06/07/37	morning	1/2	Do 17 (b)	Shared destroyed	I-15		Madrid-Brunete area	1^a/Gr. 26
2	06/07/37	evening	1	CR.32 (c)	Destroyed	I-15		Madrid-Brunete area	1^a/Gr. 26
3	07/07/37		1	CR.32	Destroyed	I-15		Madrid-Brunete area	1^a/Gr. 26
	08/07/37		1/2	Bf 109 (d)	Shared destroyed	I-15		Madrid-Brunete area	1^a/Gr. 26
4	09/07/37		1	CR.32	Destroyed	I-15		Madrid-Brunete area	1^a/Gr. 26
	12/07/37	morning	1/3	He 111	Shared destroyed	I-15			1^a/Gr. 26
5	12/07/37	17:00	1	CR.32	Destroyed	I-15		W Madrid	1^a/Gr. 26

(a) Mistakenly identified as a He 51. This loss can’t be confirmed with Nationalist records.
(b) This loss can’t be confirmed with Nationalist records.
(c) Republican fighters claim at least 2 CR.32 during the day in the Brunete area. Only 1 CR.32 was lost during the day, when Sottotenente Vercellio from the 19^a Squadriglia was KIA on the afternoon.
(d) This loss can’t be confirmed with Nationalist records.


Bosko Petrović 5+3 victories

Victories of the Fighter Pilots During Spanish Civil War & World War II PDF

Sources & Literature

Larrazabal, Jesus Salas: Air War over Spain, Ian Allan Ltd, Shepperton, Surrey, 1974.
Matyáš, Svatopluk: Na křídlech Španělské republiky 1936 – 1939, Svět křídel, Cheb, 2014. ISBN: 978-80-87567-44-9
Rajlich, Jiří - Majtenyi, David: Jan Ferák a ti druzí, Českoslovenští interbrigadisté, letci a letouny v občanské válce ve Španělsku 1936-1939, Svět křídel, Cheb 2012. ISBN: 978-80-87567-07-4
Ries, Karl - Ring, Hans: The Legion Condor, A History of the Luftwaffe in the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939, Schiffer Military History, 1992.
Zhirorkov, M. - Gordelianov, I.: Yugoslav Brothers in the Spanish Civil War, Small Air Forces Observer, Vol. 24 N. 2 (94) July 2000.