[QUOTE=Rocketeer]Good idea to do thst T6flyer!! I have about 40 shots taken in 1935 that include a Condor in Lufthansa markings……I wonder if anyone would punlish them!!

I’m sure the Croydon Airport Society would love to see these photos, they publish a their own magazine as well as the occassional book.

PS Great shots Rocketeer, incidentally my wife’s grandfather (now 90) used to be a fireman/crane diver at Croydon in the late 40’s.

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I’m not sure how many times the Camel flewat Old Warden, but luckily I managed to see it fly once.

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Thanks Wardie,

Totally biased about the Connie, a superb looking machine.

Did Connies always get so exhaust stained in service, as all the preserved ones seem to.

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Who is Manfred Plumpf ?

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Thanks David,

I always thought it rather strange as to why Pinewood would want to construct a complete fuselage section, Far easier to bring one over from Spain.

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Daz,

The Casa 2111 in the photograph was taken off the dump at Tablada, I’ve seen photographs taken by Tony Oliver (A Military Vehicle adviser to the production) of the aircraft being lowered into the crash position, if I can I will try to obtain a photo.

The Pinewood Casa fuselage was built strictly for interior filming and had a host of steel attachment points so that it could be suspended and manouvered in front of a screen for background projection etc. One Cockpit section was also built at Pinewood.

Here’s a shot of the Pinewood nose section under construction.

Followed by the same section seen at East Kirkby in March 05

The last shot is of a fuselage/cockpit section that is now in Austria, this I believe was used by the film company for studio work. The section now forms a large part of ambitious project to rebuild a He111, although I believe the project is now up for sale.

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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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