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By: Septic - 4th November 2005 at 20:22

Where is this Buchon replica now? Was it scrapped?

The Buchon replica ended up joining the Kent Battle of Britain museum initially at Chilam Castle, the nose was recowled to represent a 109E. The museum also has two other Buchon replicas both modified to 109E configuration, A set of the ex Torbay fibreglass Buchon cowlings are now part of my own collection. As far as I know no other Buchon replicas exist.

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By: cestrian - 4th November 2005 at 18:17

Thanks Daz.That ties in with my memories from long ago!

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By: DazDaMan - 4th November 2005 at 17:58

The caption states it was an open day in 1971.

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By: Falcon109 - 4th November 2005 at 16:44

Where is this Buchon replica now? Was it scrapped?

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By: DazDaMan - 4th November 2005 at 14:12

I’ll have a look and let you know what it says.

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By: cestrian - 4th November 2005 at 14:09

Thanks very much Daz.Much apprciated

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By: DazDaMan - 4th November 2005 at 13:03

Sorry, shouldn’t be so vague. The Buchon is a replica built for the BofB movie. There is side-on photo of it in Robert Rudhall’s second book on the making of the movie. I’m sure in the background of that shot can be seen the wingtip of the Mosquito (would have to see it to be certain).

I think the caption states 1970.

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By: DazDaMan - 4th November 2005 at 12:49

The Buchon is a replica.