c/n 121. The Nord Pingouin was a re-engined Messerschmitt Bf108 Taifun, built by S.N.C.A.N. in France after the end of WW2. This 1945 built example saw French Air Force service as '121' before finding it's way to the French civil register in 1962 as 'F-BGVX'. It then joined the British register in 1965 as 'G-ATBG'. Being the only 'Messerschmitt' available, it then flew regularly as the 'bad guy' at UK airshows, often departing the scene trailing smoke and pursued by a Spitfire. Well known owner-pilot Lyndsay Walton commented at the time that he had been 'shot down' more times than anybody else in history! It is now registered to a company in Hong Kong, but remains firmly in the UK. It is seen parked in one of the genuine 1918 hangars at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford. UK.