| 1st Squadron of "Chatos". Formed in May of 1937. The first commander was the Russian, Eryomenko.The first Spanish commander was Chindasvinto Gonz�lez who took control in June of 1938. This squadron disbands in January of 1939 with the fall of Catalonia. |
| 1st Escuadrilla de Chatos |
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| Palancar ~ Tarhkov ~ Kosakov ~ Lacalle ~ Vasca 1st ~ 2nd ~ 3rd ~ 4th ~ 5th Caza Nocturna ~ Patrulla de defensa de Costas |
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| Kustov, Masterov, Sobolev, Susekalov, Serov, Ptoohin, Agaltsov, Antonov, Finn, Ssepanov, Popov, Evtikhov and Sobolevski |
| Three Spanish pilots of 1� Escuadrilla (Maiquez, Sayos and Janoher) along with their mechanics |
| From To Base Battle 05-37 07-37 Teruel 07-37 08-37 Camposoto Brunete 08-37 10-37 Hijar Belchite 10-37 01-38 Barracas 01-38 02-38 Sabadell 02-38 02-38 Sarri�n 02-38 03-38 Caspe Mediterr�neo 3-24-38 03-38 Balaguer Mediterr�neo 04-38 05-38 Villafranca del Pened�s Mediterr�neo 05-38 05-38 Alcubias Valencia 05-38 06-38 Anglesola Valencia 06-38 06-38 Alcubias Valencia 06-38 08-38 Requena Valencia 08-38 Villafranca del Pened�s Ebro |
| Bases |
| Squadron Commanders |
| Name Date of command Ivan T. Eremenko "Ram�n" 05-37 Anatoli K. Serov 08-37 Eugene N. Stepanov 11-37 Nikita T. Susukalov 01-38 Alexandr S. Osipemko 02-38 Felipe Cirujeda 06-38 Chindasvinto Gonz�lez Garc�a 07-38 Vicente Castillo Monz� 08-38 Jaime Torn Roca 10-38 Melchor D�az Rom�n 01-39 |
| Pilots |
| V. Adriashenko ?? Fedor Agaltsov Antonio Aguilar Ambrosio Eugen S. Antonov until 01-38 G. Antikhov ?? Vicente Castillo Monz� until 10-38 Felipe Cirujeda Esteve KIA 07-14-38 Luis Deasit Minguez Harold Dahl "D�az Evans" 05-37 to 07-13-37 crashed,POW Melchor D�az Rom�n Until fin Guerra Tom Dobiash Ivan T. Eremenko Alias "Ram�n". until 08-37 S. Evtikhov until ??? Illya A. Finn KIA 11-2-37 Chindasvinto Gonz�lez Garc�a until 08-38 Aleksej M. Grohov until 03.38 Francisco Janoher Buend�a Ivan M. Karpov KIA 07-07-37 over Casa de Campo Iosif E. Kapustin until 04.38 Walter Korous Mihail V. Kotyhov KIA 12-10-37 sobre Teruel Viktor P. Kustov (�Koostov?) until 02.38 Victor V. Kuzniezov (�Kooznetsov?) until 09-37 Aleksej V. Loskutov KIA 01-05-38 Juan M�iquez Pellicer Gregori A. Masterov until 01-38 Alexandr Stepanovich Ossipenko until 06.38 Bozhko Petrovic KIA 07-12-37 over Brunete Dobre Petrovic until 01.38 Mihail S. Petrov until 09.37 Vjacheslav D. Popov until 03.38 Evgueni Ptookhin Leonid G. Rybkin Alias "Blanco" Hasta 10-37 Juan Say�s Estivill Jos� Sarri� Calatayud KIA 02-10-38 Sergei W. Schalyganov until 08.37 Eugene Nikolaevich Stepanov 01-17-38 crashed, POW Eugeni N. Stepanov until 12.37 O. Soboleski Nicolai G. Sobolev until 01-38 Anatoli Konstantinovich Serov Alias "Mateo Rodrigo" until 11-37 Leonty I. Sorokin until 08.37 Nikita T. Susukalov until 02.38 Alexis T. Tcharkassov Jaime Torn Roca Vikhrov Mijail Nesterovich Yakushin. Alias "Carlos Castej�n" until 11-37 |