Nationality of Colombian Pilots,
Observers, & Mechanics

Pilots

Majors: Benjamin Méndez Rey and Eduardo Gómez Posada

Captains: Camilo Daza, Andrés M. Diaz, Luis F. Gómez Niño, Arturo Lema Posada, Jorge Méndez Calvo, Abraham Liévano, Enrique Santamaria Manccini

Observers

Captains: Ernesto Buenaventura and José A. Cabrera

Lieutenants: Luis Alberto Garcia Bonilla and Jorge Andrade

Sub-Lieutenants: César Abadia and Hernando Garcia

Trainee Pilots

Captain: José Antonio Estévez

Lieutenants: Enrique Concha Venegas, Alfredo Duarte, Eduardo Escandón, Aurelio Gutiérrez, José J. Obando, Wladislao O'Byrne, Francisco Santos

Mechanics

Chief Mechanic: Antonio Vargas Bustos, Victor Martinez y Martinez, Heliodoro Diaz

1st Mechanic: Francisco Pereyra, Julio A. Parga, Justino Mariño, Luis E. Sepúlveda, Sixto A. Diaz

2nd Mechanic: Benjamin de la Peña, Ciro Barreto, Balbino Cardeñosa, Rafael A. Samper, Alfredo Umaña, Alfredo Lozano, Lupo Ruiz L. Jesús Moreno, Antonio Rozo, Francisco Miranda, Marco A. Cifuentes

3rd Mechanic: Manuel Guillermo Lara, Agustín Estrada, Luis Maria Acero, Ignacio Méndez, Oscar Defrancisco, Ricardo González, Gabriel León, Manuel A. Montoya, Baronio Cuéllar

4th Mechanic: Esteban Hernández, Guillermo Calvo, Pompilio Agudelo, Marco A. Melo, Fidel Salazar

Special Carpenters: Arturo Posada, Carlos Chavarro, Pablo E. Cortés

Foreign Pilots

Lt. Colonel: Herbert Boy

Captains: Olaf Bielestein, Fritz von Donop, Ferruccio Guicciardi, F. Tessen von Heydebreck, Hans Kinderman, Karl Maringer, Alexander Mauke, H. von Oertzen, Johann Risticz, Helmuth Roeder, Rudolf Starke, Hans W. von Engel, Ludwig G. Schaesberg, Henry Grautoff, Helmuth Koening, Dietrich Hoffman, Helmuth Britfeld

Foreign Mechanics

Edward J. Eyles (English), Adolfo Rubin (Swiss), John Todhunter (U.S.), (German) Aloys Binkowsky, Helmuth Boiteux, Hans Burger, Simon Butz, Walter Fisher, Günther Freitag, Berthold Mischur, Alexander Knotz, Max Pettermann, Franz Preuschoff, Eric Rettich, Kurt Richels, Helmuth Roesel, Hans Rosner, Richard Schultz, Alfred Wüldfert, Hans Schultz, Johann G. Martin

Source: "Historia de las Fuerzas Militares de Colombia; Fuerza Aerea", by Col. José M. Villalobos Barradas, pub. Planeta, Bogota 1993.


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