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He was born in 1915 in Barcelona. After the outbreak of the civil war in Spain remained faithful to the republic and between January and April 1937 he was in Alcantarilla trained to be a pilot and after oabsolvování of the pilot course was sent to the El Prat airport, where he flew with the aircraft Nieuport 52. His task was to protect the coast. He was soon, however, sent to the flying school on high-speed aeroplanes in the Carmolí and after her passing in October 1937 he transferred to the aviation school in Alcantarilla, where he worked as an assistant teacher. At the beginning of December he was posted to 4. fighter squadron at the airport of Sabadell, where he flew with the aircraft I-15 Chato, however, already 13. December he was transferred to the 2. the squadron, armed with the same machine, which operated from a base in El Toro (Teruel). In this unit remained until the end of the war. Served here initially in the rank of staff sergeant (sargento), which was ranked 5. 4. 1937, 22. 2. 1938byl appointed to the rank of lieutenant (teniente). Day 3. December 1939 he took command of the squadron and thus became its last commander. Fell to him, therefore, also the sad duty, when 29. march 1939 led the 12 machines I-15 for a flight to Barajas, where the squadron handed over its machines winning frankistům. Since 2008 he has collaborated on a documentary Shangri-La. He died in his native Barcelona 8. 2. 2011.
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Ano, po Francově smrti byli bývalí republikánští piloti oficiálně prohlášeni za příslušníky letectva v záloze, aby jim mohla být přiznána penze. V záloze byli povyšováni obdobně, jako jsou povyšováni též naši váleční veteráni.
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