Fiat CR.32

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The Fiat CR.32 was an Italian biplane fighter aircraft of the 1930s, widely exported and used in several conflicts including the Spanish Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biplane
fighter aircraft
military aircraft
aircraftCategory pre-World War II fighter
armament two fixed forward-firing machine guns
configuration single-engine
single-seat
construction mixed metal-and-fabric construction
countryOfOrigin Italy
crew 1
designer Celestino Rosatelli NERFINISHED
engineType V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine
era interwar period
exportedTo Austria
China NERFINISHED
Hungary
Latin American countries
Spain
firstFlight 1933
introduced mid-1930s
landingGear fixed tailwheel landing gear
manufacturer Fiat
material metal structure with fabric covering
notableFor extensive use in the Spanish Civil War
powerplant Fiat A.30 RA engine
predecessor Fiat CR.30
primaryUser Regia Aeronautica
productionPeriod 1930s
role fighter
fighter-bomber
successor Fiat CR.42 Falco
usedBy Austrian Air Force
Aviazione Legionaria
Bulgarian Air Force
Chinese Nationalist Air Force
Guatemalan Air Force
Paraguayan Air Force
Regia Aeronautica
Royal Hungarian Air Force
Spanish Nationalist Air Force NERFINISHED
Venezuelan Air Force
usedBySide Italian forces in Spanish Civil War
Nationalist forces in Spanish Civil War
usedInConflict Second Italo-Ethiopian War
Second Sino-Japanese War
Spanish Civil War
World War II
wingConfiguration biplane

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