This folder contains a repaint for the Hispano HA-1112 Buchon by Flight Replicas. It shows Hispano HA-1112-M1L Buchon C.4K-152 / 220 / ‘White 5’ (G-AWHR).This particular aircraft was built by Hispano Aviacion in Saville in 1959. This aircraft was one of 27 purchased at auction from the Spanish Air Force by Spitfire Productions for use in the making of the 1968 film ‘Battle of Britain’. After filming this aircraft was acquired by Wilson C Edwards and shipped to the U.S.A. Edwards acquired these aircraft as payment for his flying services filming ‘Battle of Britain’, and stored the majority disassembled in a hangar on his ranch in Big Spring, Texas, USA.
She was acquired by the Air Leasing Ltd and arrived back in the U.K in 1996.
This particular airframe is the last ‘Bf 109’ which Luftwaffe ace Adolf Galland flew, while he was serving as an adviser on the movie ‘Battle of Britain.’
G-AWHR ‘White 5’ made her first post-restoration flight from Sywell Aerodrome, Northampton on July 1st, 2019.
Repaint by Jan Kees Blom, based on the paint kit by Flight Replicas.
She was acquired by the Air Leasing Ltd and arrived back in the U.K in 1996.
This particular airframe is the last ‘Bf 109’ which Luftwaffe ace Adolf Galland flew, while he was serving as an adviser on the movie ‘Battle of Britain.’
G-AWHR ‘White 5’ made her first post-restoration flight from Sywell Aerodrome, Northampton on July 1st, 2019.
Repaint by Jan Kees Blom, based on the paint kit by Flight Replicas.
