Distinguished Spanish Air Aces
Further information: List of Spanish Civil War air aces- Luis Alcocer Moreno-Abellá
- Ramón Franco Bahamonde
- Andrés García La Calle
- M. Joaquín García-Morato y Castaño
- Leopoldo Morquillas Rubio
- Julio Salvador Diáz-Benjumea
- Manuel Vázquez Sagastizábal
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