Registration / Serial: | "C.4K-19" |
Military Code: | 71-9 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Messerschmitt Bf-109 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Hispano HA-1112 Buchon |
Aircraft Version: | Hispano HA-1112-M1L Buchon |
C/n (msn): | 171 |
Operator Titles: | Spain - Air Force |
Aircraft Name: | Mapi |
City / Airport: | Kalamazoo / Battle Creek - International (KAZO / AZO)Map |
Region / Country: | Michigan, United States |
Collection: | Air Zoo Museum |
Photo Date: | 20 July 2017 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
Photo ID: | 298302Submit Correction |
View count: | 922 |
This Buchon was one of 23 tendered by the Spanish Air Force in 1966 and bought for the "Battle of Britain" movie released in 1969. C.4K-100 became Luftwaffe red 13 for the movie and was among the 21 aircraft transferred to Wilson "Connie" Edwards as payment for flying and work as aerial coordinator. As N90605 the landing gear collapsed in a ground loop incident in 1975 and it was later sold as a non-flyable museum exhibit to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum. Registered until 2014 as N76GE, it has been re-painted as C.4K-19
Registration / Serial: | "C.4K-19" |
Aircraft Version: | Hispano HA-1112-M1L Buchon |
C/n (msn): | 171 |
Operator Titles: | Spain - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Kalamazoo / Battle Creek - International (KAZO / AZO)Map | Region / Country: | Michigan, United States |
Photo Date: | 20 July 2017 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
Registration / Serial: | "C.4K-19" |
Military Code: | 71-9 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Messerschmitt Bf-109 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Hispano HA-1112 Buchon |
Aircraft Version: | Hispano HA-1112-M1L Buchon |
C/n (msn): | 171 |
Operator Titles: | Spain - Air Force |
Aircraft Name: | Mapi |
City / Airport: | Kalamazoo / Battle Creek - International (KAZO / AZO)Map |
Region / Country: | Michigan, United States |
Collection: | Air Zoo Museum |
Photo Date: | 20 July 2017 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
Photo ID: | 298302Submit Correction |
View count: | 922 |
This Buchon was one of 23 tendered by the Spanish Air Force in 1966 and bought for the "Battle of Britain" movie released in 1969. C.4K-100 became Luftwaffe red 13 for the movie and was among the 21 aircraft transferred to Wilson "Connie" Edwards as payment for flying and work as aerial coordinator. As N90605 the landing gear collapsed in a ground loop incident in 1975 and it was later sold as a non-flyable museum exhibit to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum. Registered until 2014 as N76GE, it has been re-painted as C.4K-19
Registration / Serial: | "C.4K-19" |
Aircraft Version: | Hispano HA-1112-M1L Buchon |
C/n (msn): | 171 |
Operator Titles: | Spain - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Kalamazoo / Battle Creek - International (KAZO / AZO)Map | Region / Country: | Michigan, United States |
Photo Date: | 20 July 2017 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |