3rd Squadron of "Chatos". Formed in May of 1937 under the command of the Russian, Kosakov (formed from the old Kosakov squadron, ex--Tarkhov). In October of the same year the squadron had a Spanish commander, Juan Borr�s Commas. When the war in Aparecida finishes, Alicante, under orders from Alvaro Mu�oz, with some aircraft  apparently sabotaged by the "fifth column", transports the remaining five to Oran, on the 30th of March of 1939.

3rd Escuadrilla de Chatos

Bases

From         To                          Base                                 Battle       00.05.37        00.06.37                         Camposoto                                La Granja             10.06.37        24.06.37                         Balaguer                                                                 24.06.37        00.09.37                         Azuqueca                                   Brunete                00.09.37        00.10.37                         Figueras                                                                  00.10.37        00.10.37                         Reus                                                                        00.10.37        00.11.37                         Figueras                                                                   00.11.37        00.12.37                         Barracas                                                                00.12.37        00.02.38                         El Toro                                       Teruel                 00.02.38        00.04.38                        Bujaraloz                                                                00.04.38        00.05.38                        Villafranca del Panad�s                                          00.05.38        00.09.38                        Alcublas                                                                   00.09.38        00.01.39                             ??                                                                        00.01.39        00.03.39                        Alicante

Squadron Commanders

Name                                     Date of Command Boris Kosakov                                              05-37 Juan Comas Borr�s                                       08-37 Miguel Zambudio Mart�nez                           05-38 Antonio Nieto Sandoval D�az                        10-38 Alvaro Mu�oz L�pez                                     01-39

Pilots

Antonio Briz   Enrique Catal�                                                   From 24-01-38.originally 4th Esc. Juan Comas Borr�s   Jos� Falc� Sanmart�n   Tom�s Garc�a   Jos� Garre Solano   El�as Hern�ndez   Emilio Herrera Aguilera                                     KIA crashed 09-1937 Domingo Benigno Hueso   I. Karpov                                                          KIA crashed 12-07-1937 Jos� Men�ndez Mart�nez "El viejo"                  KIA Accident at sea May 1938 Montagut � Montagud   Manuel Montilla Montilla                                  Montoya? Leopoldo Morquilla Rubio   Alvaro Mu�oz L�pez   Antonio Nieto Sandoval D�az   Ortega  Jes�s P�rez P�rez                                              KIA crashed 03-1938 Perea? Manuel Quir�s Bonet   Redondo   Antonio Rosell�   Antonio S�nchez Andr�s                                   KIA crashed 03-1938 Francisco S�nchez L�pez                                  KIA crashed 09-1938 Jos� S�nchez Men�ndez   Sheliganov                                                        KIA crashed 07-1937 Joaqu�n Tremosa Arnavat   Vivancos   Miguel Zambudio Mart�nez

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Miguel Zambudio Martinez

3rd Escadrille Pilots: Comas, Zambudio, Redondo Ortega, P�rez, Briz, Montagud, Montilla,S�nchez, Nieto, Falc�, Hueso and Hern�ndez

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