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Spanish Civil War - From the Canary Islands to Spanish Morocco

Time: Saturday Jul 11, 1936

Place: Canary Islands, Spain

Details: With the help of the British Secret Intelligence Service agents Cecil Bebb and Major Hugh Pollard, the rebels chartered a Dragon Rapide aircraft (paid for with help from Juan March, the wealthiest man in Spain at the time) to transport Franco from the Canary Islands to Spanish Morocco. The plane flew to the Canaries on 11 July, and Franco arrived in Morocco on 19 July.

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