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mmatthej1 12th Jan 2015 11:18

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

Haraka 12th Jan 2015 11:31

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 12th Jan 2015 12:56

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 12th Jan 2015 14:16

Nice video of museum exhibits, for interest:


AvroLincoln 12th Jan 2015 15:40

Here is one I photographed earlier:
Fiat CR.32, licence-built as Hispano HA-132-L - Aviation Photos

AvroLincoln 12th Jan 2015 15:42

. . . and the one at Cuatro Vientros:
Fiat CR-32 C1-262/3-52 - Aviation Photos

mmatthej1 13th Jan 2015 13:07

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 14th Jan 2015 14:11

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.

mmatthej1 17th Jan 2015 18:58

Many thanks for the CR-42 info - interesting!


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