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Old 05-07-2015, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Nate Stanley View Post
These are indeed license-built BF 109 airframes, first flown in 1954. They used RR Merlins, which is an upright V-12..and it changed the nose of the aircraft considerably. It is referred to as the HA-1112-M1. Wikipedia says 172 were built.
I watched on of them flying at the Biggin Hill air show a few years ago, along with a bunch of Spits' Hurricains, Lancaster, B17 etc...

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