Ignacio Hidalgo de Cisneros

Ignacio Hidalgo de Cisneros
Birth nameIgnacio Hidalgo de Cisneros
Born11 July 1896
Vitoria, Spain
Died9 February 1966(1966-02-09) (aged 69)
Bucharest, SR Romania
Buried
Allegiance Kingdom of Spain (1911–1931)
 Spanish Republic (1931–1939)
Service/branchSpanish Republican Air Force
Years of service1911–1939
CommandsAir Forces of the Spanish Republic
Battles/warsRif War
Spanish Civil War
Spouse(s)Constancia de la Mora

Ignacio Pío Juan Hidalgo de Cisneros y López-Montenegro (11 July 1896 – 9 February 1966) was a Spanish military aviator. He is known as commander of the Republican Air Force during the Spanish Civil War. He is also noted as one of the few aristocrats to join the Spanish Communist Party and author of war memoirs, published in the 1960s.


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