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Yankee Squadron
The No. 56 Chato flown by F. G. Tinker
Active1936–1937
CountryUnited States United States
AllegianceSpain Spain
BranchSpanish Republican Air Force
TypeAir Force Squadron
Size6
Spanish Civil War Medal awarded to the International Brigades

The Yankee Squadron was a group of mercenary American military aviators who flew for the Spanish Republican Air Force during the Spanish Civil War.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "3 U.S. Airmen Here to Explain Aid to Loyalists; Acosta, Berry, Schneider Fly to Capital With Their Attorney". Washington Post. January 20, 1937.
  2. ^ "Flier Says Lawyer Sent Him to Spain". New York Times. January 16, 1937.
  3. ^ "American Aviators Through with Spain". Associated Press in Oshkosh Northwestern. January 6, 1937.

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