• Seen here with his Messerschmidt BF-109F fighter, Captain Gavilán became an ace while serving with the second and third of the five Spanish squadrons rotated to the Eastern Front for duty under the German Luftwaffe. Spanish Army Museum, Madrid.

Seen here with his Messerschmidt BF-109F fighter, Captain Gavilán became an ace while serving with the second and third of the five Spanish squadrons rotated to the Eastern Front for duty under the German Luftwaffe. Spanish Army Museum, Madrid.

From A European anabasis: western European volunteers in the German army and SS, 1940-1945 by Kenneth W. Estes

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  • European: 1800-present
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