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Date: | xx Nov 1936 |
Time: | |
Type: | Fiat CR.32 |
Owner/operator: | Spanish Republican Aviation |
Registration: | 3-6* |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Los Alcázares Airfield (Cartagena) -
Spain
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:CR.32 crashed during test trials. This aircraft was lost for Nationalists 16th September. Sottotenente Franceschi disorientated during combat and landed behind enemy lines, near Don Benito (Extremadura). Republicans captured the aircraft intact, and Franceschi was later killed with militias skirmish. The aircraft was sent to Cartagena for evaluations and was destroyed by an unfamiliar with the type soviet pilot, whose's fate is unknown
*3-6 was its original Aviación del Tercio - Aviación Nacional registration
Sources:
2.Osprey Publishing Aircraft of the Aces 94 "Fiat CR.32 aces of the Spanish Civil War"
Alfredo Logoluso 2010 Pag 16
Revision history:
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