Fiat CR32 - survivor(s)?

[mmatthej1]

I see that Wikepedia records a single survivor, held in an Italian museum, but a 1977 magazine refers to another example then residing at an airfield in Torreion, Spain - does this still exist, I wonder?

( In looking at a YouTube video about Spanish Civil War ace Joaquín García Morato, I notice a colour foto of a tatty looking Spanish CR32, so maybe this is the Torrien one??)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgRR4OhzsBw

[Haraka]

There isn't (or wasn't when I was there) one at Torrejon, however there was one in the Museum at Cuatro Vientros, to the South of Madrid.
Probably still there.

[mmatthej1]

Thanks for that pointer; yes, the museum website does confirm existance of that second survivor and (I think), from foto, that is presented in colours of plane flown by Joaquín García Morato.

[mmatthej1]

Nice video of museum exhibits, for interest:

Museo del Aire, Cuatro Vientos Airport, Madrid, Spain on Vimeo

[AvroLincoln]

Here is one I photographed earlier:
Fiat CR.32, licence-built as Hispano HA-132-L - Aviation Photos (http://www.aviation-photos.net/picture/show/18885/Fiat-CR32-licence-built-as-Hispano-HA-132-L)

[AvroLincoln]

. . . and the one at Cuatro Vientros:
Fiat CR-32 C1-262/3-52 - Aviation Photos (http://www.aviation-photos.net/picture/show/15546)

[mmatthej1]

Thanks for fotos - btw, was there a flyable CR42 project somewhere? Wonder if that is still progressing?

Be nice to see that flying, alongside Gladiators!

[DeepestSouth]

Yes, there is an ongoing restoration, by The Fighter Collection. The latest information is here:

An update on The Fighter Collection's Fiat CR.42 restoration. (http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/warbird-collections/the-fighter-collection/fighter-collections-fiat-cr-42-restoration-update.html)

[mmatthej1]

Many thanks for the CR-42 info - interesting!