In November 1938, Alberto Vallés Gateu served in 1^a/26, which was equipped with Polikarpov I-15s.

On 1 November, the 1^a/26 (I-15) claimed three and three shared CR.32s when Jaime Torn Roca (CO) claimed one and one shared, José Bastida Porres claimed one, L. Población Cuenca one, Vallés Gateu one shared and J. Vela Díaz one shared.

He claimed a CR.32 on 9 November.

Vallés Gateu ended the war with 1 biplane victory.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1938
	01/11/38		1/?	CR.32	Shared destroyed	I-15		Spain	1a/26
1	09/11/38		1	CR.32	Destroyed	I-15		Spain	1a/26

Biplane victories: 1 and 1 shared destroyed.
TOTAL: 1 and 1 shared destroyed.

Sources:
Air War over Spain - Jesus Salas Larrazabal, 1974 Ian Allan Ltd, Shepperton, Surrey, ISBN 0-7110-0521-4
Spanish Republican Aces – Rafael A. Permuy López, 2012 Osprey Publishing, Oxford, ISBN 978-1-84908-668-4