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| The Fiat CR.30 was soon superseded by the more refined CR.32, which made its appearance in 1933. It was considerably faster than the CR.30 and much more manoeuvrable. Delivery of the first series (383 aircraft) began in 1935, this being followed by 328 examples of the improved CR.32bis. Two
more variants, the CR.32ter (100 aircraft) and CR.32quater (401) were produced, these differing in armament and airframe detail. Total production of the CR.32 consequently amounted to 1212 aircraft, making it numerically the most important biplane of its era. It was used extensively in the Spanish Civil War and in the early months of World War II in Greece and East Africa.
| MODEL | Fiat CR.32 |
| CREW | 1 |
| ENGINE | 1 x FIAT A.30 R-A, 440kW |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 1850 kg | 4079 lb |
| Empty weight | 1260 kg | 2778 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 9.5/6.2 m | 31 ft 2 in / 20 ft 4 in |
| Length | 7.5 m | 25 ft 7 in |
| Height | 2.6 m | 9 ft 6 in |
| Wing area | 22.1 m2 | 237.88 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 375 km/h | 233 mph |
| Ceiling | 8800 m | 28850 ft |
| Range w/max.fuel | 750 km | 466 miles |
| ARMAMENT | 2 x 12.7mm machine-guns, 12 bombs |
 | A three-view drawing (664 x 920) |
| carlo, e-mail, 12.07.2022 01:34 De C32 werd ook tijdens de Spaanse burgeroorlog in 1936 gebruikt door de nationalisten.
De Belgische piloot Rodolph de Hemicourt de Grunne behaalde met dit toestel (3-66) 14 (officiele) overwinningen en was 矇矇n van de hoogst scorende buitenlandse piloten in Spaanse dienst. In de wereldoorlog II hij bij de RAF met een Hawker Hurricane waarmee hij nog 2 overwinningen (Me-109) behaalde voor hij op 1-4-1941 sneuvelde.
(Bron: Belgian Biplane fighter aces) reply | | george tcheng, e-mail, 02.08.2012 15:57 dear sir
as I know. the chinese airforce was sent 16 students to itily at in 1938 or 39 ? study in univerest of during for study the airforce knowhow with 2 years. and then back to china. my father was one of them. do you have somemore news ? reply | | renzo, e-mail, 13.03.2011 22:23 This plane was operated by the Italian Royal air force on
4th and 6th wings which represented the acrobatic component
of Air Force.
My Grandpa was one of them... reply | | fer-de-lance, 08.01.2011 21:00 The Chinese Air Force was never big enough to absorb 150 fighters prior to the Sino-Japanese War. Only five CR-32 remained operational in one squadron (the 8th) in August 1937. With limited spare parts, planes damaged in combat coulkd not be repaired. Only one, Number 806, remained operational after a little over a month of combat defending Nanking. Plucky Number 806 particpated in all the major air defense missions over Nanking until relieved by the Soviet volunteer units in November. It was then transferred to the 25th Squadron with surviving Hawk III and fought in, and survived, every major Japanese raids on that city late in 1937. Its last recorded action was in Jan. 4th, 1938 when the redoubtable Capt. Chow, Ting-Fang fought three JNAF A5M to a draw. Out numbered, the rest of the 25th fared badly, losing three Hawk III's including the famous IV-1 and three pilots.
Old "806" finally retired when the 25th converted to Hawk 75's in 1938. reply | |
| | Barry, 02.12.2010 17:38 150 were exported by Fiat to China. Other exports were made to South American countries and Hungary. reply | | CHINESE, 14.06.2009 19:34 CR32 ALSO USED IN THE EARLY SINO-JAPANESE WAR BY THE CHINESE AIR FORCE!
中國空軍在中日戰爭初期都有使用CR32! reply |
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