This Buchon was built in 1958. Flew in the "Battle of Britain" movie. Now in the markings of pilot Edmund "Paule" Roßmann. Member of Jagdgeschwader 52 (Fighter Wing 52), eastern front.
'Weiße 9' taking off from the grass runway to join the Balbo of Flying Legends 2018. This Buchón (C.4K-105) made her first post-restoration flight on 28th June 2018 from Sywell, flown by Richard Grace.
Buchon C.4K-105 returned to the air on 28th June, 2018, in a Luftwaffe c/s, representing a Bf 109F-4 of III./JG 52 flown by Edmund 'Paule' Rossmann from Mironovka airfield, Ukraine, in September 1941.
C.4K-112 is one of only 2 two-seat HA-1112M4L's constructed for the Spanish Air Force. She is seen here as 'Rote 11' in a fictious Luftwaffe c/s, similar to that worn in the summer of 1968 during the filming of The Battle of Britain movie here at Duxford.
The 'Tripala', powered by the Hispano-Suiza 12Z-17 engine (seen in front of the aircraft), performed unsatisfactorily and was replaced by the RR Merlin 500-45 in the HA-1112M-1L variant.
Turbulence caused by firing of the HS-404 20mm cannon necessitated the installation of spanwise wing fences. The Oerlikon 8cm air-to-ground rocket was carried in packs of four under each wing of the M-1L.