Soviet Air Force operations in Spanish Civil War

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:aircraftDelivered	over 1,000
gptkbp:aircraftMarkings	Soviet red stars sometimes removed Spanish Republican markings
gptkbp:aircraftTypeDelivered	trainers fighters bombers reconnaissance planes transport planes
gptkbp:codename	gptkb:Operation_X
gptkbp:conductedBy	gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:covertOperation	true
gptkbp:endDate	1939
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Soviet Air Force operations in Spanish Civil War
gptkbp:includedAircraftType	gptkb:Polikarpov_I-16 gptkb:ANT-9 gptkb:Tupolev_SB gptkb:Polikarpov_I-15
gptkbp:includedPersonnel	gptkb:Soviet_advisors Soviet pilots Soviet ground crew
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Battle_of_Guadalajara gptkb:Battle_of_Madrid gptkb:Battle_of_the_Ebro
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:first_combat_use_of_Polikarpov_I-16
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Boris_Smirnov gptkb:Pavel_Rychagov gptkb:Stepan_Suprun gptkb:Sergey_Gritsevets
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees	~1000
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:German_Condor_Legion gptkb:Italian_Aviazione_Legionaria Nationalist faction
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Spanish_Civil_War
gptkbp:pilotsUsedAliases	true
gptkbp:provides	gptkb:aircraft logistics training maintenance tactical support
gptkbp:resultedIn	combat experience for Soviet pilots influence on Soviet air tactics loss of aircraft loss of personnel testing of new aircraft
gptkbp:startDate	1936
gptkbp:supports	gptkb:Spanish_Republic
gptkbp:trainer	gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:Spain
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Iosif_Shmushkevich
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6