It’s a pity they haven’t been overly popular over the years, but are kinda seeing a renaissance in more recent years.

There’s six current flyers:

Merlin-engined:
G-BWUE
G-AWHE
D-FMVS

DB-engined:
D-FMBB (‘109G-6)
D-FEHD (‘109G-10)
D-FWME (‘109G-4)

I must say, despite the ‘109’s combat record etc, I simply prefer the Buchon!!

The registration of EADS / Messerschmitt Flugmuseum´s Bf 109 G-10 is not D-FEHD but D-FDME. The original Buchon when owned by Hans Dittes was registered as D-FEHD. After conversion to G-10, it was newly registered as D-FDME in 1996. First flight with DB was performed by Mark Hanna at Mannheim in 1995. Dittes sold D-FDME in 2001, EADS / Messerschmitt is the owner since.
They also own D-FMBB and D-FWME (bought from a private owner’s association{is that the correct translation? looks somewhat peculiar}).

http://www.eads.com/eads/germany/de/unser-unternehmen/unser-erbe.html?openIframeBox=true

http://www.messerschmitt-bf109.de/

search for: H.A. 1112 M-1-L (serial no.) 213 (current marking) gelbe 3 (service No.) C.4K-141

Michael

I shot this photo of D-FEHD at an airshow in Germany just before filming started for “A Piece Of Cake” IIRC. The man on the wing with blue cap is the pilot, Walter Eichhorn. He did most of the flying of Buchon´s and 109´s in Germany.

http://s281.photobucket.com/albums/kk208/michaelmlerg/

Aren’t they already trying to flog off the Buchon?

Right you are. But if you look at the list of the other ac, the Buchon does not fit in exactly, as it is (by my definition) a post WW II version of the Bf 109.
AFAIK they purchased? want to buy an original Bf 109 E-3 currently under restoration in Britain. So it makes sense to part with the Buchon.
I had the feeling when visiting there, they want to focus solely on ac used in WW II.
So the Buchon might have been an Ersatz-Bf 109 in the first place, until an original could be found. Just my view of the things.

Michael

It seems Air Fighter Academy based at Heringsdorf (Usedom) is constantly enlarging their collection. they do have by now (only airworthy and frequently flown ac):

HA 1112 Buchon, Bücker Jungmann, NAA AT 6, Boeing Stearman, Polikarpov Po 2, Yakovlev Yak 9 UM, De Havilland D.H. 82 Tiger Moth and now Supermarine Spitfire T9 and NAA TF 51. (there would have been P 51 D BBD as well, if not crashed last year)

I would say a quite impressive collection, especially regarding the short time since starting it. Well worth visiting if in the vicinity.

Overall good collection, but poor website (at least so far, lol).

Michael

I guess these can be classified as historic aircraft now so i thought i would post my question here. Does anyone know how many were built and how many are still flying? Feel free to post pictures!…………Martin

I want to expand the question and add information regarding German built Turbulents as well. Wilhelm Stark of Minden/Germany produced a variant of Roger Duine´s Turbulent that met German LBA (Federal Aeronautical Office) requirements. About 35 were produced by the Stark company.

http://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/collections/transport/aeronautics/propeller-planes/after-1945/stark-turbulent-d/

Michael

P.S.: The Stark Turbulent D was one of the first new registered types in Germany after WW II. Powered by a modified Volkswagen engine.

Looking at the DB 605 engined Spit with its lower thrust line, it presumably had a smaller diameter prop than the Merlin version. So, did the DB 605 prop turn at a faster RPM than the Merlin?

Mention has also been made of the low thrustline of the Ju 87, was this the reason it had a cranked wing? Remember the FU4 Corsair with its big prop needed a cranked wing to keep it undercarriage short (and strong for carrier landings).

The DB Spitfire had the cowling of the Bf 110, air scoop of a Bf 109 G, redesigned engine support (reworked and fitted to the Spitfire bulkhead), the DB 605 A configured as a standard Bf 109 G series one, with standard G-series propinstallation and standard 109 G-series propblades of 3 metres diameter.
As they wanted to find out the difference in performance, I doubt they changed anything regarding the engine but the enginemount (obviously necessary), and the complete electrical system and instruments, as the German ones worked on 24 Volts, British ones on 12 Volts. I read, changing the electrical system was the main time consuming work necessary. Max. continuous rpm was 2.300, take-off rpm 2.800.

Michael

……….

I wonder why the Buchon has been put up for sale, though? I thought that the owners were putting together a proper bad-ass collection of warbirds – Spitfire T.9 MJ772 was going to their facility after completion, was it not?

Well, I do not know, I am just guessing. When looking at the concept of their collection, it seems to me to be quite straight. They want to show the way a fighter pilot in WW II had to go – for 4 different Air Forces. Britain, USA, Russia and Germany. They do have flying primary trainers – Tiger Moth, Stearman, Po 2 and Bücker Jungmann. They have a flying Yak 9, had a flying P-51. They have a flying Buchon. They will get a TF-51, and a Spitfire T.9. And there seems to be a Bf 109 on the way. Maybe even a replacement P-51 some day and a Spitfire, I have no idea. A Bf 109 G-12 would be nice, but personally I doubt it (where would you get one?). But….. if you can get a Bf 109, why not sell the Buchon? That is only my guess, but it seems to have some logic in it IMHO.

Michael

Yes, it has been covered in detail-just not on line;)

Yes, I do know.

Michael