Roy Cross Aviation Art - HE 51s of the Condor Legion

Original painting in acrylic on canvas

Canvas Size: 24 x 36 inches, signed lower right.

The Condor Legion was a unit of Nazi Germany’s Wehrmacht which served with the Nationalist faction during the Spanish Civil War. The legion developed methods of strategic bombing that were used widely during the Second World War.

On April 26, 1937, Condor Legion He 51s bombed and strafed the town of Guernica. The attack was part of a series of bombings that destroyed three-quarters of the town's buildings.