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Old 11th Apr 2013, 17:44
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Absolutely excellent Duckbutt!

The WWI field (in the lower right corner) is Lannoy/Auxi le Chateau from where J McCudden took off for the last time...

The small wood is the bois d'Acquet and after it outlived its usefulness as the dispersal area of the WWII Auxi airfield (between the two woods center and upper right) the Luftwaffe advantage of the wood to build a V1 launching site of second generation ("Bel Hamelin" type) which explains the extensive bombing...
A house serving as Kasino is visible along the peripheral road on the right and its basement and chimney are still there:



This airfield was probably used by Stukas in 1940, and abandoned shortly afterward. Earthen revetments are still visible in the wood.


DB you have the helm!

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