Avro 504K European Users, part four

Now it's the turn for the penultimate post about the European users of this excellent airplane.

• Spain: Avro gifted the Spanish King Alfonso XIII a single Avro 504K in 1919 which he handed it over to the army. As the Spanish Military Aviation judged it to be an excellent airplane, they ordered fifty of them. In 1923, they were delivered second hand machines which had previously served with the RAF and RFC. They served in the Spanish flying schools of Getafe, Cuatro Vientos, Alcalá and Albacete.
• Republican Spain: When the Spanish was proclaimed in 1931, the Avro 504K were transferred to the Republican Naval Aviation, which used them in their air-sea base of San Javier, in the provice of Murcia. They were kept there in the training role until 1938, when, due to the Spanish Civil War newer and better trainer airplanes arrived.
• Sweden: The Royal Swedish Naval Aviation bought some 504K during the early 1920s in order to use them in the training and school roles. They had the peculiarity of removable wheels in order to be replaced by skis during the winter months.

Sources:

1. http://www.ejercitodelaire.mde.es/ea/pag?idDoc=6D5611FEEB41557EC12570D700464507&idRef=C7B461BC45A0A4CFC12576AB002C9667&idImg=D6867819143F567CC12576AB002CB141 (translated)

2. http://avgce.blogspot.com.es/2015/04/avro-504k-aeronautica-naval.html (translated)