R.A.F. SE.5a HISSO

A VETERAN OF THE GREAT WAR IN SPAIN

At the end of the Great War, surplus aircraft were handed over to Aircraft Disposal, from which the Spanish Military Aeronautics is believed to have purchased one example — although some sources suggest that two may have entered service — around 1919, when a wave of second-hand aircraft arrived in Spain.

There is little documented information about this particular airplane and its operational service, but it officially entered service with the Spanish Army Air Corps in 1919.

On its fuselage sides, the aircraft sported a witch riding a broomstick — it is not clear whether this was a personal emblem or the marking of a specific unit. What is known is that a nearly identical witch motif also appeared on a Breguet XIV.

The model includes a figure of a Spanish pilot wearing a 1919 flight suit, based on an illustration by artist Delfín Salas.

“Some aircraft may grow old, but their stories still carry the wind of the skies they once conquered.” — Chema M.

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