Hi all,
We all know that Craig Charleston has done a great job in reconstructing several 109 (E)’s, with one of them in flying now in Canada.
Having seen several photo’s showing two other fuselages in store and he has been working on a project for himself making at least four aiframes. What happened to the other ones, have these been finished already? One was reported to have been under restoration for a German customer.
Any information on these?
Cheers
Cees
By: Tom_W - 12th May 2008 at 22:03
Taken from Mike’s Preserved Axis Aircraft site:
Bf 109F-4 7485 England SD Black 1
9./JG5 Owned by CW Tomkins Ltd. Will be restored by Legendary Aircraft at Györ in Hungary. Ex Charleston Aviation, Essex
Bf 109F-4 8347 England SD Yellow 10
6/JG54 Owned by CW Tomkins Ltd. Will be restored by Legendary Aircraft at Györ in Hungary. Ex Charleston Aviation, Essex.
Bf 109G-6 15458 England SD III/JG 1
Black 10 of 8/JG 1 Owned by CW Tomkins Ltd. Will be restored by Legendary Aircraft at Györ in Hungary. Ex Charleston Aviation, Essex.
Some interesting projects with substantial original material, definitely not dataplate restorations.
Tom
By: Cees Broere - 12th May 2008 at 18:37
Hi Herman,
(How’s life with wet feet?)
So, what’s up with the other two.
Cheers
Cees
By: flyingcloggie - 11th May 2008 at 15:12
As far as I ow he has/had 5 109’s. Two are already sold, 1 is now in Canada and the other is in the Seatle erea. The same as you I heard that one was/is for a German customer. For the rest don’t know.
Herman
By: DazDaMan - 17th October 2004 at 23:30
That’d be G-EMIL then?
By: Graeme C - 17th October 2004 at 19:19
i think the ME109 that Craig Charleston was restoring for a German client is now owned by Glenn Lacey,i think the me109 reg is BF 109-E3 1983.
he has a treasure case of ME109s in store,check out http://www.preservedaxisaircraft.com/
there is some more info on there
Graeme
By: N1324 - 16th October 2004 at 19:17
Bump 🙂
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