La Hispano-Aviacion SA Hispano HA-1112-M1L ‘Buchon’/c/n 223/C4K-102/ G-AWHK/N9938/G-BWUE

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03Jun11 - Just after mid-day Cliff Spink flew out of Duxford in the BoB Buchon. He was off to Pardubice in the Czech Republic for an air show.
Due to a stop off in Germany for fuel the swastika on the tail has been painted over. The TFC Hawk had left the day before for Pardubice.

15th April 2011

A small group of Germans were visiting ARCo on the 15th April. One of the group was a Buchon pilot back in Germany and had come over to the UK to check out the brakes on the ‘BoB’ Buchon which are new and improved replacements as opposed to the original braking system on the Buchon he flew and were a bit unreliable. He taxied onto the jet pan, ran up the engine and accelerated and braked and did the same on the return journey. A new air show feature I think. ‘Buchon Drag Racing’. Not long after that, Cliff Spink strapped himself into the ‘BoB’ Buchon and subsequently threw it around the Duxford sky with a very nice display.

La Hispano-Aviacion SA Hispano HA-1112-M1L ‘Buchon’/c/n 223/C4K-102/ G-AWHK/N9938/G-BWUE

1959 Hispano HA-1112-M1L, Construction Number 223 built at Hispano Aviacion Factory, Seville, Spain.
May 1968 Registered to Spitfire Productions Ltd as G-AWHK for use in the Battle of Britain film.
Nov 1968 Struck off UK register as transferred to the USA acquired in lieu of payment by Wilson ‘Connie’ Edwards and shipped to his
ranch in Texas.
1971 After flying briefly as N9938 it went on static display in Detroit with the Confederate Air Force.
Jun 1966 Registered to Classic Aviation Ltd as G-BWUE, under the care of the Old Flying Machine Company at Duxford.
May 1988 Registered to Robert Fleming and transferred to The Real Aeroplane Company, Breighton for a rebuild to full airworthy
condition.
May 2006 Following restoration, G-BWUE flown for the first time by Nigel Lamb, Chief Pilot of the Old Flying Machine Company with
the aircraft in the colours of a Bf-109G-2/trop of JG.27 and flown by Hauptmann Werner Schroer when based at Rhodes in
early 1943.
Nov 2006 Ownership changed and registered to Spitfire Ltd with a move back to Duxford under the care of ARCo.
Nov 2009 Another change of ownership and registered to Historic Flying Ltd, Duxford.
Apr 2010 G-BWUE had a new colour scheme applied over the winter months to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain
and emerged as ‘Yellow 10’ the scheme it wore during the making of the ‘Battle of Britain’ film in 1968.