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Monument to Joaquín Loriga

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Monument to Joaquín Loriga

Monument · Lalín, Deza, Pontevedra

A memorial to the Lalín-born aviator Joaquín Loriga Taboada (Lalín, 1895 - Cuatro Vientos, 1927), one of the pilots of the 1926 Madrid-Manila air raid carried out by the Escuadrilla Elcano; his figure presides over a public space in the town beside the statue of the astronomer Ramón María Aller. Born in the parish of San Martiño de Prado, into a family with a military tradition, he trained at the Artillery Academy of Segovia and joined military aviation in 1921, distinguishing himself in the Rif War, where he received the Medalla Militar. On 5 April 1926 he set off from Cuatro Vientos together with Captains Esteve and Gallarza, each in a Breguet XIX; the 18,900 kilometres of the route were covered in 33 days and ended with a mass welcome in Manila.

Photo: Bene Riobó (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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