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Old 7th Apr 2013, 14:07
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asw22
 
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No, it is not Beauvais (Tillé), nor is it Nivillers. Look up north...The Fighter HQ I am referring to was code-named "PLUTO" by their german users...

Beauvais Tillé and Nivillers form a meta-airfield, they are connected together and in the case of Tillé are concrete runway equipped.

The photo I propose to your sagacity shows no such thing... If the hangar has been labelled Beauvais elsewhere, it is wrong but understandable; Beauvais had a great many hangars camouflaged as "farms" including a couple of them workshops 40 or 50m wide which warranted themselves this kind of "manor" camouflage.
If one looks closely to the photo you will notice two 40m hangars of this type. They have now disappeared but another airfield nearby has kept its example (devoid of the camouflage now!)...which makes it rather unique (only one other survivor of the type in Creil, this one never camouflaged)...

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