CASA E3B - RAF Museum, Hendon, London, UK
N 51° 35.843 W 000° 14.370
30U E 691188 N 5719870
This CASA E3B is located in the "Battle of Britain Hall" at the RAF Museum in Hendon, London. The aircraft dates from 1956 with the earlier ones dating from 1933.
Waymark Code: WMNK1Q
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/26/2015
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The RAF Museum is open daily from 10am to 6pm with admission being free. Car parking is available but there is a charge. The nearest underground station is Colindale about a 10-15 minute walk away or a number 303 bus passes both the tube station and museum. The co-ordinates posted are for the entrance to the "Battle of Britain" hall/exhibition entrance.
The RAF Museum's website tells us about the CASA E3B:
The CASA E3B is a licence-built example of the German Bucker Jungmann which shares the honour, with the British de Havilland Moth and Tiger Moth, of being one of the greatest European elementary training biplanes ever built.
Designed in 1933 and first flown a year later the Bu131 Jungmann proved an instant success. It could hardly have appeared at a better time and it soon received large orders for the para military DLV (The German Air-Sports Association). In 1936, the Luftwaffe adopted the Jungmann as one of its primary trainers.
The considerable success of the Bu131 Jungmann as a primary trainer resulted in large orders from, and licence production arrangements with, a number of European nations and Japan. Spain was one of the earliest customers. Over a hundred German-built Jungmanns were delivered to the Spanish Nationalist side in the civil war. A total of 500 Jungmanns were built by the Construcciones Aeronauticas S.A. (CASA) in Spain. The first 200 had German Hirth HM504 engines but the remainder were powered by versions of the Spanish ENMA Tigre G-IV.
A history of this aircraft can be seen here.