Austrian FIAT CR.32s

[Dénes Bernád]

I am looking for the Constr. Nos. of the FIAT CR.32s exported to Austria (and their connection to the aircraft's black Austrian A.F. serial numbers), in particular the 36 CR.32bises sold to Hungary following the Anschluss.

I have only such a link (based on a photograph): Constr. No. 498 was Austrian A.F. No. 158. Was this particular aircraft eventually transferred to the Hungarian A.F.?

Thanks, in advance.

[Pilot]

Hhuuuhhh... there was article in Austrian historic magazine, I will try to find sample (somewhere in my chaos) and make scans for you.

Cheers

[GaraiB]

Hello Dénes,

I have one picture from ebay, maybe 1 year before was sold.
Nr.153 ex Austrian-German

Kind regards,

Balazs Garai

[Dénes Bernád]

Thanks, Srecko, for your promise. I hoped the info has already been published somewhere.

Balazs, such photos of Austrian CR.32s exists, I have seen quite a few.
My problem is that I do not have the link between the Italian Constr. Nos. and the Austrian A. F. numbers. Also, most importantly, I don't know which ones were re-sold to Hungary.

Finally, what was the logic behind the black Austrian A.F. serial numbers (painted on the fuselage) assigned to the CR.32s?
I would like to know if this has anything to do with the similar black serial numbers painted on early Hungarian CR.32s (valid up to late 1938).

[Stig Jarlevik]

Hi Denes

To help Srecko out the details published in Austria are:
s/n 135 to 179: c/n 418-422, 488-497, 423-427, 499, 501,503,498,500,507,519-520, 524-525, 518, 521, 523, 528, 526, 527, 529-532, 506, 541-542 and 505

Cheers
Stig
PS. Not sure I understand what you mean with the logic behind the black s/n on the Austrian aircraft. I find nothing strange as such, so perhaps you can elaborate a bit?

[Dénes Bernád]

Thanks, Stig, for the info on the Austrian CR.32s. Now, the challenge is to find out which ones were handed over to Hungary later on...

Originally Posted by Stig Jarlevik

Not sure I understand what you mean with the logic behind the black s/n on the Austrian aircraft. I find nothing strange as such, so perhaps you can elaborate a bit?

As for your question, perhaps I did not use the proper word, logic. A better one would have been 'what was the rule behind assigning the air force individual numbers and what was the link to the constr. nos.'?