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Which Aerodrome Mk III
The topography definitely has a West Country flavour. The closest I can find is Predannack, but not the same as Jenkins photo.
D-day softening up? Somewhere in France?
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If this site was bombed by the USAAF 8th Air Force, the bomb craters visible on the lower right corner of the photograph are mute testimony to the acclaimed "pickle barrel" accuracy of the Norden Bombsight...otherwise the craters are perhaps the results of RAF night time sorties...
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Hmmm - not many old bomb craters here so unlikely to be Pas de Calais or near a major target like Cherbourg, Brest or Le Havre -
I'm guessing somewhere in south- eastern Normandy but well back from the coast
I'm guessing somewhere in south- eastern Normandy but well back from the coast
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Kewbick - This image is taken from B-24 Liberators of the USAAF 8th Air Force. Any better ?
HH - it isn't Normandy - further South
HH - it isn't Normandy - further South
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If it was south of Angers I can only think they wanted to keep them as far away from DDay as possible... or maybe they were supposed to bomb Caen but went walkabout................