Palma de Mallorca, 1938, line-up of Fiat CR.32 of the Spanish Nationalist Air Force’s X Grupo de Caza "Baleari", a fighter unit composed by the Escuadrillas 101 and 102 based on San Juan. Victor Sierra

Palma airfield

        The Dutch Fokker T.IX bomber was projected in 1938 with the intention of expanding the bomber fleet of the Dutch Airforce and replace the Glenn Martin B.10 bombers of the Royal Netherlands East-Indies Airforce.  This aircraft was fitted with two Bristol Hercules II engines of 1,375 hp each. This 14-cylinder two row radial engine would give the T.IX an estimate top speed of over 500 km/hr.  It had a crew of 5, a bomb-load of 2000 kg and a defensive armament consisting of a 20 mm cannon and four 7.7mm machine guns. 
         The prototype flew for the first time in September 10, 1939. The plane originally had the number 701, but on September 23, after delivery of the prototype to another airfield, the number was changed to 970.  Further tests took place without major incidents, until March 8, 1940, when it suffered damaged during a landing, due to an undetected defect in the design of the chassis. It was parked at Schiphol AFB waiting for further repairs when war broke out. The Germans captured the prototype intact but didn't show interest in further development of the aircraft, instead they removed the engines and other parts for their own use. Apparently the prototype survived the war in a semi-disassembled state and ended up being sent to the Aviation Museum in Gilze-Riyen, where it stayed until 1960,  when it was scrapped. The 970 ID number and the national markings put the date of this photo somewhere between September 23 and October 1, 1939.

Fokker T.IX

The only HA-132L Chirri two-seat built by Hispano Aviación (HA-132L Chirri is the name of the Italian fighter aircraft Fiat CR.32 produced under license in Spain for the Spanish Air Force). The plane, Spanish military denomination ES.5, fuselage code 73-20, photographed at Murcia-San Javier airfield on 1946, was employed prior by the Escuela de Caza (Fighter School) at Morón and afterwards by the Academia General del Aire (Spanish Air Force Air Academy). Over the fin the plane has the Academy’s emblem. Victor Sierra