El Carmolí

El Carmolí

View of the El Carmolí area
El Carmolí

Location in Spain

Coordinates: 37°41′N 0°52′W / 37.683°N 0.867°W / 37.683; -0.867Coordinates: 37°41′N 0°52′W / 37.683°N 0.867°W / 37.683; -0.867
Country  Spain
Community Murcia
Comarca Campo de Cartagena
Municipality Cartagena
Village Los Urrutias
Elevation 2 m (7 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

El Carmolí is an area in Los Urrutias, Cartagena municipality, in the Campo de Cartagena comarca, Region of Murcia, southeastern Spain. It used to be the site of a military air base, located near a homonymous hill in the flat Mar Menor area.[1]

The El Carmolí zone is part of a protected area called Parque Natural de Espacios Abiertos e Islas del Mar Menor.[2]

Aerodrome

A military aerodrome was built in El Carmolí before the Spanish Civil War. It was used by the Spanish Republican Air Force for its High-speed Flying School (Escuela de Vuelo de Alta Velocidad), a training facility for fighter aircraft pilots.[3] Some of the flying instructors based at El Carmolí were from the Soviet Union.[4]

After the Civil War the airfield was used by the Spanish Air Force as an eventual landing facility.[5]

References

  1. ↑ El-Carmoli Murcia Airport Map
  2. ↑ Región de Murcia Digital - Espacios protegidos
  3. ↑ Memoria republicana — SBHAC. Estructura orgánica de las FARE
  4. ↑ Michael Alpert, The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, p. 250
  5. ↑ Ejército del Aire - Academia General del Aire (AGA)


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