Fiat CR32 - survivor(s)?
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Fiat CR32 - survivor(s)?
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
( 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
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.
Probably still there.
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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.
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Here is one I photographed earlier:
Fiat CR.32, licence-built as Hispano HA-132-L - Aviation Photos
Fiat CR.32, licence-built as Hispano HA-132-L - Aviation Photos
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. . . and the one at Cuatro Vientros:
Fiat CR-32 C1-262/3-52 - Aviation Photos
Fiat CR-32 C1-262/3-52 - Aviation Photos
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CR 42 Restoration
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.
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