I seem to remember that also "Battle of Britain" used Spanish-built
Me109's, but I am not sure if they were built especially for the movie
or not...The quantity of 6 comes to mind...But again they might have
been those "Buchons" Richard talks about, not exact replicas...
Antoine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Bever" <goin_myway@yahoo.com>
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> Don't know to much about them. My source just listed
> them as Spanish built Messerschmitt 109s (G-BOML,
> G-HHUN, D-FEHD) apparently these three had appeared in
> a television (or is that telly) series "Piece of Cake"
> the year before filming started on Memphis Belle.
> Don't know it that was in the UK or USA.
> Later Dan Bever
> --- Richard Notton <Richard@fv623.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dan Bever" <goin_myway@yahoo.com>
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> > Subject: Re: [MV] B-17's, Jeeps and Flight Line
> >
> >
> > >They also used 5 P-51 Mustangs, a
> > > B-25 Mitchell, and 3 Bf-109s (Spanish built).
> > >
> > Hmmm, those Spanish look-alikes are called a Buchon
> > I believe and are not
> > actually Bf-109s but broadly based on that airframe
> > with Merlin power.
> >
> > Richard
> > Southampton - England
> >
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