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The Hispano Aviación HA-1109 and HA-1112 are licence-built versions of the Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2 developed in Spain during and after World War II.

HA-1109 & HA-1112
Hispano HA.1112-K1L Tripala
Role	Fighter Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Messerschmitt Hispano Aviación
First flight	29 March 1954
Retired	27 December 1965
Status	Retired
Primary user	Spanish Air Force
Number built	239
Developed from	Messerschmitt Bf 109

Design and development

In 1942, the Spanish government arranged a manufacturing licence with Messerschmitt AG to build the Bf 109G-2, although the DB 605A engines, propellers, instruments and weapons were to be supplied from Germany. This proved impossible as Germany was incapable of meeting its own needs, let alone Spain's, and only 25 airframes (without their tails) and less than half the necessary drawings were actually delivered.[1] Consequently, Hispano Aviación replaced the DB 605A engine with the 1,300 hp HS 89-12Z and the project was renamed Bf 109J by Messerschmitt.[2] The HS 89-12Z engine performed a successful flight in a Bf 109E used as a flying testbed in Barcelona in 1944, and the first HA-1109-J1L made its maiden flight on 2 March 1945 in Seville, using a VDM propeller and lash-up engine mounting.[3] The remaining 24 airframes were flown during 1947–9 with Escher-Wyss props, but never became operational.

In May 1951, a developed version, the HA-1112-K1L, improved the Hispano-Suiza, HS 17-12Z engine installation, and carried either one or two 12.7mm Breda machine guns and Pilatus eight-packs of 80mm rockets. Its three-bladed de Havilland Hydromatic propeller earned it the nickname Tripala ("three blades").[3]

It first flew in 1951, and although 200 were planned only 65 were built. The Hispano engine was an upright V12 instead of the inverted V12 Daimler-Benz DB 601 & 605 engines used in the Bf 109 but, being of compact design, it fitted the airframe of the Bf 109 well and was able to credibly represent the Bf 109 in the German 1957 film Der Stern von Afrika (The Star of Africa) about Luftwaffe ace Hans-Joachim Marseille. The original design, starting with the Bf 109F, had an asymmetrical tail-fin aerofoil with a left deflection to counteract the torque from the Daimler-Benz's clockwise rotation. Because this was left unchanged in the Buchón despite the Hispano V12 having a counter-clockwise rotation, the tail and the engine together induced a right swing on takeoff that was hard to counteract.

A second version, the HA-1110-K1L, was a two-place tandem trainer model.[3]

HA-1112-M1L

The final variant was the HA-1112-M1L Buchón (Pouter), which is a male dove in Spanish. It first flew on 29 March 1954 with a 1,600 hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 500-45[4] engine and Rotol propeller, both purchased as surplus from the UK.[4] This engine had a chin intake that altered the lines of the Bf 109's airframe. It was an improvised assembly of outdated components but this was appropriate for the intended purpose of controlling Spanish colonial territories in Africa, where more sophisticated technology was both unnecessary and unavailable in isolated Spain at the time. It carried two 20 mm Hispano-Suiza 404/408 cannons and two Oerlikon or Pilatus eight-packs of 80 mm rockets and remained in service until 27 December 1965.

In film

Due to their longevity, Buchóns have appeared in several war films masquerading as Bf 109Es and Gs. in movies such as Battle of Britain (alongside CASA 2.111 bombers, a Spanish-built version of the Heinkel He 111), Der Stern von Afrika, Memphis Belle, Dunkirk, and The Tuskegee Airmen. Buchons also played the Bf 109's opposition, the Hawker Hurricane, in one scene in Battle of Britain.

Variants

HA-1109-J1L

1945 – the initial 25 units built of the Bf 109 G-2 aircraft, from German production, with Hispano-Suiza 12Z-89 engines fitted, in lieu of Daimler-Benz DB 605A's, using VDM or Escher-Wyss propellers. Not used operationally.

HA-1109-K1L

1951 – first production of HA-1112-K1L. Fitted with a Hispano-Suiza 12Z-17 engine and a de Havilland Hydromatic propeller in an improved installation, this version appeared in May 1951 armed with two Hispano HS-404 20mm cannon and 80mm rockets. 25 conversions from a HA-1109-J1L.

HA-1109-M1L

prototype of HA-1112-M1L. A single aircraft modified with a Rolls-Royce Merlin 500-45 engine. One conversion from a HA-1112-K1L.

HA-1110-K1L

Hispano powered two-seat trainer version. Used operationally. One built.

HA-1110-M1L

RR Merlin powered two-seat trainer version. Project only.

HA-1111-K1L

Hispano powered two-seat trainer version with wingtip mounted fuel tanks. Project only.

HA-1112-K1L "Tripala"

1951 – used operationally. 65 built (25 conversions from a HA-1109-K1L).

HA-1112-M1L "Buchon"

1954 – the final variant fitted with a RR Merlin engine and armed with two Hispano HS-404 20mm cannon and 80mm rockets. Used operationally. 172 built.

HA-1112-M4L

Merlin engined two-seat trainer. Used operationally. One built and one conversion from a HA-1110-K1L.

Aircraft on display

• 56 – HA-1112-K1L on static display at the Museo del Aire in Madrid.[6][7]
• 67 – HA-1112-M1L airworthy with Spitfire Ltd. of St. Helier, Jersey.[8][9][10]
• 133 – HA-1112-M1L airworthy at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It has been converted to resemble a Bf 109 by Meier Motors.[11][12][13][14]
• 164 – HA-1112-M1L in storage at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, Ontario.[15][16]
• 171 – HA-1112-M1L on static display at the Air Zoo in Portage, Michigan.[17][18]
• 186 – HA-1112-M1L on static display at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington.[19][20]
• 193 – HA-1112-M1L airworthy at the Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, Oregon.[21][22][23] It was restored to resemble a Bf 109 by Pacific Fighters.[24]
• 199 – HA-1112-M1L on static display at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.[25][26]
• 211 – HA-1112-M1L on static display at the Museo del Aire in Madrid.[6][27]
• 235 – HA-1112-M1L airworthy at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, Texas.[28][29][30]

Specifications (HA-1112-K1L)

General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Length: 8.49 m (27 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 9.92 m (32 ft 7 in)
• Height: 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 16 m² (170 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 2,475 kg (5,456 lb) :::HA-1112-M1L 2,666 kg (5,878 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 3,200 kg (7,055 lb) :::HA-1112-M1L 3,330 kg (7,341 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 12Z-17 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 970 kW (1,300 hp)  :::HA-1112-M1L 1 x 1,193 kW (1,600 hp) Rolls-Royce Merlin 500/45 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine
• Propellers: 3-bladed Hamilton-Standard constant speed propeller

HA-1112-M1L 4-bladed Rotol propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 600 km/h (370 mph, 320 kn) :::HA-1112-M1L 665 km/h (413 mph)
• Cruise speed: 400 km/h (250 mph, 220 kn)
• Range: 690 km (430 mi, 370 nmi) :::HA-1112-M1L 765 km (475 mi)
• Service ceiling: 9,800 m (32,200 ft) :::HA-1112-M1L 10,200 m (33,465 ft)
• Rate of climb: 28.33 m/s (5,577 ft/min) :::HA-1112-M1L [31]
• Wing loading: 200 kg/m² (41 lb/sq ft) :::HA-1112-M1L 206 kg/m² (42.2 lb/ft²)

Armament

• Guns: 2x 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404/408 cannon
• Rockets: two racks of 8 x 80 mm Oerlikon rockets

See also

Related development

• Messerschmitt Bf 109
• Avia S-99/S-199

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Fiat G.55 Centauro
• Ikarus S-49
• Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien
• Macchi C.205 Veltro
• North American P-51D Mustang
• Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IX
• Yakovlev Yak-9

References

Notes

Sources

• Original pictures and data of this article were taken from Museo del Aire, Cuatro Vientos, Madrid, Spain
• Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 11, p. 1193-4, "HA-1109/1112".
• http://simviation.com/fsdcbainmm.htm
• https://web.archive.org/web/20081016094929/http://www.xs4all.nl/~tozu/me109/foreign/109-spain.htm
• Monográficos Aéreos: H.A. 1112-M1L "Buchón" - Pedro Miguel Paniagua Magán - ISBN 978-84-921179-0-1

External links

• Hispano HA-1109

На других языках

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[de] Hispano Aviación HA-1112

Die Hispano Aviación HA-1112 war eine spanische Weiterentwicklung der Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2 durch den Flugzeugbauer Hispano Aviación.

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- [en] Hispano Aviación HA-1112

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[fr] Hispano Aviación 1112

L'Hispano Aviación 1112 buchón (sobriquet donné à cet avion signifiant « pigeon ») était un avion espagnol fabriqué sous licence par Hispano Aviación à partir du chasseur allemand Messerschmitt Bf 109 G.

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[it] Hispano Aviación HA-1112

L'Hispano Aviación HA-1112 era un caccia monomotore ad ala bassa prodotto dall'azienda aeronautica spagnola Hispano Aviación negli anni cinquanta.

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