Backyard Buchons ...

[DH82EH]

Thanks John

I bet it will be a beauty when it's finally unveiled.

Andy

[Lon Moer]

I accidentally stumbled on this archived thread last weekend, searching old PBY registration;
http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=24538&start

[bdk]

Yes, these are the Buchons that were owned by Earl Reinert.

Earl Reinert didn't own any of them, nor did he own the airfield.

The Buchons were owned by Larry Matt and John Lowe who bought them in partnership. I believe that there was a 7th Buchon in the group that John Lowe had at his house (I saw it there) after the partnership dissolved. Never found out what happened to that one. Have they all been accounted for?

Paul Polidori owned the airfield and house on the property. Paul had a T-6G for many years which he sold before he was killed in his Cessna 120/140 some years later.

[redvanner]

I found a list on my backup computer I copied somewhere several years ago. I have no idea where, nor who did the list in the first place. But I thought it would be of interest, regarding the CASA´s and Buchon´s used in the BoB film (at Duxford, at least it states so)


G-AWHA CASA 2-111D (FLYING)
G-AWHB CASA 2-111D (FLYING)
G-AWHC HISPANO HA.1112-M4L (FLYING)
G-AWHD HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (FLYING)
G-AWHE HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (FLYING)
G-AWHF HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (FLYING)
G-AWHG HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (FLYING)
G-AWHH HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (FLYING)
G-AWHI HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (FLYING)
G-AWHJ HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (FLYING)
G-AWHK HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (FLYING)
G-AWHL HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (FLYING)
G-AWHM HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (FLYING)
G-AWHN HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (FLYING)
G-AWHO HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (FLYING)
G-AWHP HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (FLYING)
G-AWHR HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (FLYING)
G-AWHS HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (FLYING)
G-AWHT HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (FLYING)
C.4K-107 HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (TAXI)
C.4K-121 HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (TAXI)
C.4K-131 HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (TAXI)
C.4K-134 HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (TAXI)
C.4K-172 HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (TAXI)
C.4K-30 HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (STATIC)
C.4K-111 HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (STATIC)
C.4K-114 HISPANO HA.1112-M1L (STATIC)
In Duxford 1968 Battle of Britain

Michael

P.S.: If you compare John Terrell´s list of Victory Air Museum´s Buchons, it consists of all the ones listed in the above list as (TAXI). Only C.4K-135 (later D-FMBB [1.], the one with JG 27 livery) does not show up in the above list. So maybe there were 2 more taxiable (C.4K-135 and C.4K-XXX) ones that went to VAM. ?

[bdk]

The one I saw still had a hole hacked in the side, but not sure if that happened after the BoB movie or whether it was just a spare parts airframe.

Connie Edwards had some parts airframes that weren't BoB flyers as well, didn't he?

[fiftycal]

pretty sure a couple of these came to oz recently, at scone

[redvanner]

The static one in my list with Spanish AF serial number C.4K-111 is the one going to Ross Pay. Fuselage bears No. 471 O 15, c/n: 165. Going by the number of a/c (containers) recently leaving Connie Edwards hangars as published, another one of the 3 static ones listed above is going to be rebuild. I do have no info which one.

Michael