Which Aerodrome Mk III

[Dora-9]

Well done that man! It is indeed Leyburn, and the circled aircraft are B-24's.

[dook]

Thank you Dora.

http://i67.tinypic.com/14sidj5.jpg

[JENKINS]

Drag myself away from Swiss cycling and guess at Goose Bay.

[dook]

Good evening JENKS.

Not Goose Bay I'm afraid.

In fact a long way from there.

[evansb]

Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, (NZWP) ?

[dook]

I think we'll call you eagle eyes.

Whenuapai it is.

Take it away. :ok:

[evansb]

Thank you. Here is the next one:

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/800x587/mmjtrmq_58640d63aed96e55b739270f5474b8de14fccf39.jpg

[dook]

The aeroplane looks like a Saab Scandia.

If it is then we might be in Europe.

[dook]

I've looked closely at the fin marking and it looks like this one.

http://i64.tinypic.com/2625h8i.jpg

[Self loading bear]

Fornebu Oslo

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1250x728/35ae47fb_3485_449f_ad05_98b3003e5aa5_6802ac135d80f1572227f6e 4e8cdb6e2c168d08d.jpeg

[dook]

I knew that would happen.

I've found that same photo.

Perhaps I should wait longer before posting my intel.

[evansb]

Self loading bear is correct. Oslo Airport, Fornebu was the main airport serving Oslo and Eastern Norway from 1 June 1939 to 7 October 1998. The area has since been redeveloped. Portions of the aerodrome are still visible on Google Earth.

Your turn.

[Self loading bear]

Thank you Evans.

Dook don’t be grumpy
my challenges don’t last long.

How is your knowledge on public transport?
Which airport has this flawless connection?
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1117x750/1f9a972a_d606_429a_a729_8e7c305b099a_2681ff93fa8609693c12f2e 8e379932528248940.jpeg
Now with party blurred photo.
strange how the edited photo is stored on my Iphone but shows not edited on the website

[dook]

The word you have airbrushed out is Billund.

[Self loading bear]

There you go
that wasn’t to hard was it?
dook has control

[dook]

That must be one of the easiest we have seen. Not like you.

[dook]

It is my bed time.

http://i65.tinypic.com/x6bdqh.jpg

[kenparry]

Looks like USA?

[Flap40]

It looks a bit like Midway (Chicago) but i'm not sure it is.

[dook]

It is in the USA but it's not Midway Chicago.

edit: the view is to the SW.

I am now off to a nice place for lunch for a while.

If anyone finds it and someone else confirms it, then please carry on.

[dook]

I can post a GE overhead if anyone wants it.

[dook]

Public GA airfield.

[kaikohe76]

Could it be Orlando Executive Airport, about 5 miles north of Mc Coy International?

[nvubu]

Looks like a golf course bottom left (and right?). If so, I don't think it's Orlando.

[minuteman]

Long Island MacArthur? (ISP)

[dook]

Two of you have the correct state, but it's not Orlando.

Closer to Miami.

[ea200]

Boca Raton?

[dook]

Very close indeed.

Throw a stone a little south.

[Ripton]

Fot Lauderdale?

[dook]

Now go back north.

ae200 is slightly closer.

[Hen Ddraig]

Pompano Beach Airpark

[dook]

Hen Ddraig scores with Pompano Beach.

Tough on ea22 and Ripton.

All yours HD.

[Hen Ddraig]

Sorry have to be OH
Can't get to my stock of pictures at the moment

HD

[JENKINS]

No takers for OH, so how about this? Been there, as well as Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale Exec., with same type here as at Lauderdale.
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1556989717_c4b3543f1fdbbd1511c83fad57cc8fd8b7 db13b9.jpg

[broadreach]

Somewhat west and drier than Florida? Not uninhabited.

[India Four Two]

I had the same thought, broadreach. Arizona?

[JENKINS]

Not USA, ignore my red herring! Certainly drier, higher, and go either way to find it. Green is a feature in the language.

[ea200]

One of the 'stans'?

[JENKINS]

Not a 'Stan, although a Stan, WIWOL, worked there with me.

[JENKINS]

Away from Interweb until 1700 GMT.

[evansb]

Islamic country? Temporary base for USAF ops in the middle east? I find the unoccupied, and unstained concrete apron with little or no supporting infrastructure quite intriguing. I can easily wait until 1700Z , and beyond, for a response.

[Checklist Charlie]

1700Z was a loooooong time ago. it's 0559 as I type so 1700 was nearly 13 hours ago

CC

[evansb]

May 06th, 1700Z . I can wait. The taxiway radius markers and the size of the reinforced concrete apron would indicate a possible B-1B potential staging and rearming base. Gulf Coast? And I don't mean the Gulf of Mexico. And one should never start a sentence with 'and'. The dark brown spot to the middle right of the access road of the concrete reinforced apron could be a clue. I'm thinking the NGO's came in with a juicy contract, built a reinforced ramp/apron, and then departed back to Poland, err..the U.K...err... the U.S.A..

[dook]

When he refers to "Stan a WIWOL" I think he may be referring to Stan Hodgkins..

The reference to green in the language is yet another of his typically cryptic and often misleading clues.

[JENKINS]

Islamic country, but not a staging post. Green remains very relevant in the language of the country. Hodgkins gave me the nickname 'Prof,' perhaps explaining style. I used this strip, as it was, in two different aircraft, and arrived too late in 1970 for a third.

[dook]

I know that Stan spent a while in Saudi Arabia, as did I, so is it somewhere previously unknown there ?

[JENKINS]

Not unknown, not Saudi Arabia, didn't know Stan had been to the Kingdom. This place featured in a 1950s dust-up in which DH112 aircraft took part. It really is quite high.

[dook]

Is it an idea to leave the Middle East ?

[JENKINS]

Stay there. Firing ranges look prominent, an idea of scale may result. Bigger photograph in an hour.

[kenparry]

Are we in Oman? Saiq?

DH112 and high were useful clues. 8 Sqn some years before my time there.

[dook]

As in fur Firq Sayq. :ok:

PM for you.

[JENKINS]

That is it, Ken, in the Jebel Akhdar, The Green Mountain. Very different now than in my 1970 - 76 experience of the area, with many logbook entries from 75/76. I was too late in 70/71 with my Squadron eschewing the Saiq tasks and leaving it to Wessex and Beaver.

[kenparry]

Jenkins, thank you. My literally passing acquaintance with Saiq was almost 50 years ago, when it was just a very rough gravel strip, visited then only (I think) by armed Provosts (piston version) and Beavers. Our only interest in it was being aware that those aircraft might be around.

As dook alludes, 4FS. For the uninitiated, Saiq is on top of the Jebel at around 5000ft, but only a few miles away and very much lower is another strip at Firq. The Sultan's troops on top of the Jebel were resupplied by air from Firq, and there was a suitable necktie for those who had done four Firq-Saiq trips.

Stand by for the next.

[kenparry]

Sorry chaps, I am still having trouble uploading photos. However, the ever-present dook will post the challenge on my behalf.

KP

[dook]

Standby please.

Posted on behalf of kenparry.

http://i68.tinypic.com/2wpta1d.jpg

[dook]

May I assume it's now defunct .

South of France ?

[kenparry]

It is defunct, since the 1970s. Not Europe.

[dook]

Judging by the shadows, we seem to be looking W or NW.

USA E Coast ?

[kenparry]

Looking roughly SW. Runway orientation is about 250/070 true. USA, yes, but you are on the wrong coast.

[dook]

If it closed in the 70's it will kook different now, if it still exists.

There's one similar near San Francisco, so California ?

[kenparry]

Yes, you are in the right area. This was the first Army airfield in the San Francisco Bay area, opened about 1919. The siting board was led by Colonel Hap Arnold.

It would be good if you could find the field's name.

[dook]

Crissy Field ?

[kenparry]

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1458/80-104goldengate_51520deb8fe27e94013b4da01697abf428e07636.jpg

Yes, Crissy Field. Photo from 1990, when we were ferrying a B737-200 from UK to Honolulu, and had just departed Oakland on the final leg.

Wider angle view, showing Golden Gate bridge. Also showing that, at last, I have found my way around posting photos. I knew it was an RTBQ issue - it was just a matter of finding the right bit of the BQ.

The Wikipedia entry for the field is worth a read, as there is quite a bit of history to it.

dook, you have control.

[dook]

I'm glad that you can now upload images. I hope now to see more of you.

http://i64.tinypic.com/1z2f4a9.jpg

[kenparry]

I don't recognise any of the airline liveries, but the B727 looks quite gaudy and reminds me of some Caribbean carrier. Are we in that part of the world?

[dook]

The 727 does indeed look gaudy. Do you remember when Margaret Thatcher covered up the model fin of a BA aeroplane decorated in the same way.

A few of those weird "artwork" schemes came from this large continent also.

[JENKINS]

Which might make it Port Elizabeth?

[dook]

Sadly it doesn't - north of there.

[Self loading bear]

Albarka Air

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1334x750/f7e340da_25f0_4976_8cf4_3d69eea038f9_fe33b41401f128540521569 2301f7f988d3d0df3.pngAbudja Nigeria


SLB

[dook]

Nicely done SLB. Abuja it is.

The thread is yours.

[Self loading bear]

Now this:
Aircraft type was quite difficult for me but I question if it will help you.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1334x750/f5fcba91_54bc_4ed8_a110_5e4b17e33dcc_bccf40e55ffa41fff8734d2 d93a36a8776b8f990.png


SLB

[dook]

Difficult aeroplane ID.

[kenparry]

The clothing styles suggest continental Europe rather than UK or US; is that right?

[dook]

It might be a Fokker.

[Self loading bear]

No Fokker
No UK
Not continental Europe

[dook]

USA probably.

[Self loading bear]

Not USA

Lately I have accused Dook of being grumpy
I apologize for that as I have experienced dook is not like that unless he himself declared so.

Surely a loch is a lake. Now I'm grumpy. :uhoh:

In order to avoid same kind of problem occuring again I strongly suggest to look at my last clue again.

SLB

[nvubu]

Nicely done SLB. Abuja it is.

I met Evander Holyfield in Abuja in 2003 :)

[dook]

I bet that floored you.

[Cows getting bigger]

Not Continental Europe?

Are we in Ireland?

[Self loading bear]

Sorry not Ireland

Some 40 years later in sad conditions:

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1122x750/5ad36e83_d679_40ee_9caa_e8a8c6937484_000d210f520cc8056a269d7 bd255b796e7e6526f.jpeg

[dook]

South Africa or Canada ?

edit: I think that's sand so perhaps Australia.

[Self loading bear]

South Africa or Canada ?

edit: I think that's sand so perhaps Australia.

Sadly all wrong

[dook]

Good grief !

[sycamore]

Are the people Dutch ,or Scandinavian...?
Floods of 1953..?

[lauriebe]

An island, possibly in the Baltic Sea area?

Closest I can come to ID the aircraft is an Aviatic C I but some differences in the cowling arrangement and the struts around the cockpit area.

[sycamore]

Same here Laurie,Aviatik C3...Was thinking Friesians/Sylt...?

[Self loading bear]

Same here Laurie,Aviatik C3...Was thinking Friesians/Sylt...?

Thank you for your suggestion of Aviatik C3
I was thinking Rumpler C Vll
Anyway German plane.

Sylt is not correct
1953 floods is more than sixty years ago.
edit: meaning 1920s plus 40 years is 1960s

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1216x750/7b52bffb_f1bb_47b7_832a_8fc0855f3880_0597581f92bc0b504fa25fb 98436b5f45e2b54fe.jpeg

[dook]

An island belonging to France ?

[lauriebe]

Might it be Copenhagen?

[sycamore]

Don`t think it would be Sable Island...!!

[JENKINS]

Cannot properly synchronise the re-population of Heligoland post WW1 with the aircraft on the island. The Noratlas is a help in overcoming my doubt that this may be that former British colony, where I believe that the airfield is Dune.

[sycamore]

Luftwaffe Noratlas airdropping...

[Self loading bear]

Sycamore is on the right track
Not Helgoland
Especially for Sycamore:
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1074x733/78b1b4c6_a18f_456a_b81d_0fba61de743c_22c37dd79bfc7a0ee733151 44ffedef5343fdc06.jpeg

[dook]

Frisian islands ?

[Self loading bear]

Yes Frysian Islands

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1112x720/67c4f3a4_1c8e_4e81_88fc_e01e862975a8_85901877a0ef447da923041 c68027b389fbe3585.jpeg

[dook]

Baltrum ?...

[Self loading bear]

Not Baltrum

I am almost out of photos

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x1122/95ef62f5_0a46_4521_8eac_9139339067de_78044fede860970b712e6a7 742e47086fd474e69.jpeg

[dook]

And I'm almost out of islands on GE.....

[dook]

Wangerooge looks good.

[Self loading bear]

Wangerooge looks good.

Wangerooge it is
Badly bombed in WWII one week before surrender of the Germans.
Flooded in 1962
The airport has been rebuild 1966.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1259x750/6a4cb1da_d3b0_4248_b839_a6c1003dd56e_aa9ba34a6e52ad2da8fb415 8222aef92277c2086.jpeg


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/579x404/0e6001a2_63e9_479e_97df_ed16f4360097_532340253d87d0c87232ffe b5e4f625217fab5d7.jpeg

Dook has control

[dook]

Please tell us what the original challenge photo was.

[sycamore]

SLB,there is nobody in the driving seat of that Sycamore..! must have been a very `urgent call of nature` to have got out,even getting out was difficult enough,and rotor rpm seem high..? photoshopping...?

[dook]

I use Photoshop for various purposes, one time professionally and that photo looks genuine.

I don't suppose that the collective could rise by itself.

I think it was an urgent relief operation.

[dook]

Having a small tinypic problem - please standby......

[Self loading bear]

The Sycamore was indeed used during the disaster reliëf in 1962 Flooding.
Wangerooge photos (http://www.inselrundgang.de/historisch/bild.php?id=110308_62_hubschrauber)

I could not identify the 1920s plane 100%
I thought Rumpler C VII because of the N shaped struts, No spinner cap and General layout of engine exhaust and radiator.
Only the cutout in the upper wing for pilot looks to be wider than on Rumpler photos.
The Aviatik comes also close, has a wider cutout, but also a spinner cap.
Anyone who can give**a Final word on it is welcome.


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1125x750/e6319088_70fc_4d42_863e_cb8418c4a4d4_1b1c1c1dc5d677ebc4d4c30 495a8a4f31b68ad50.jpeg
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1161x750/d4832735_1968_4018_8992_9d5fb87f53d9_bf2b599e415d84c6355e254 52f61ab87b508242b.jpeg

*

[dook]

Ball rolling again.

http://i66.tinypic.com/2dlq7tc.jpg

[nvubu]

Czechoslovakia (no idea why I think this though)

[dook]

I have no idea either.

This is just about as far from there as it's possible to get.

[Self loading bear]

East Coast Australia then?

[dook]

That's closer.

[Dora-9]

The three-storied buildings on the RHS seem typical British Far East barrack blocks - possibly Malaya/Singapore?

[dook]

SLB is closer.

[Self loading bear]

I stab at Point Cook Victoria Australia

[lauriebe]

Could it be Wheeler Field, Hawaii?

[dook]

It is indeed Wheeler Field.

All yours.

[lauriebe]

Thanks Dook.

Sadly, again, it will have to be OH.

[kenparry]

In the absence of any other offers, let's try this. I doubt it will last for long...…………..

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1664x1117/80-16altiportcourcheval_b25a8893e5672e0c4c6be3b38453c11949af713 0.jpg

[dook]

Glad you've got posting sorted.

I've seen this place somewhere...…

Dangerous airports I think

[kenparry]

I have met a pilot who has flown in here; she said it is much easier than many mountain airports. (Said lady grew up in Berlin in the WW2 years, but seemed quite happy to chat and drink with a bunch of retired RAF pilots)

[dook]

Yes, that's found it with no problem.

I shall refrain from posting as I think I've done too many.

PM for you.

edit: I mean the dangerous airports has found it.

[Captivep]

Courchevel?

[kenparry]

Captivep: yes, Courcheval. You have control

[Captivep]

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1024x691/test_cc2feab4f65eebe253950116fe67cfb737d58621.jpg

[kenparry]

A Scottish island perhaps?

[Captivep]

No, not a Scottish island.

[dook]

That's very reminiscent of Port Stanley.

[Captivep]

It's very reminiscent because that's precisely where it is; correct!

[dook]

Lucky shot.

http://i68.tinypic.com/20rlgm0.jpg

[sycamore]

yVery difficult perspective with `hangars on a hillside,and runways facing it....weird?? missile base...?

[dook]

It's not a missile base.

Active airfield.

[Self loading bear]

Looks like a dried out submarine base
i thought seawater levels weer rising?

[dook]

Any ideas where, or would you like clues ?

[Self loading bear]

Some clearer shot from the submarines stikking out of the mud on the apron would be helpfull!

[dook]

I'm afraid I don't have one of those. :rolleyes:

[kenparry]

Looks like a multi-role base: a couple of QRA sheds, large aircraft (tanker or bomber?) on the apron, some weather shelters for smaller aircraft along the far side of the apron. USAF in a hot climate?

[dook]

Yes Indeed.

Big clue - Operation Unified Protector.

[kenparry]

In that case: Moron, Spain?

[dook]

In that case most certainly Moron (not you).

Your throttle.

[kenparry]

A few of my former airline colleagues did think it hilarious that an air force base was so named. I should add that none of that small band was ex military.

dook, thank you. Next challenge very soon.

[kenparry]

A distinct change from the last:

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1920/80-p1010881_a721ddd056e150927a56b204cdd0207f4c50c15a.jpg

[dook]

Did Robin Hood take that photo ?

[kenparry]

Not sure what you mean. I was holding the throttle, my wife had the camera.

[dook]

I meant through the trees.

Were you in an aeroplane, or that Chippie ?

Old Warden ?

[kenparry]

I was in that Chippie. Another shot:

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1920/80-p1010884_bdddc99414be75b23c8cbeddd87b9eb0518d56aa.jpg

[kenparry]

dook, yes Old Warden.

You have control

[dook]

I had a hunch it might have been the 70th anniversary and there are a few trees at Old Warden.

Standby please.

[dook]

Cheers Ken.

A blast from the past.

http://i66.tinypic.com/2lufyv.jpg

[Hyperdark]

Old Sarum?

[dook]

Sadly not.

[JENKINS]

Old Duxford? Drove past Old Serum ce matin.

[dook]

Duxford is too far north J.

[chevvron]

Hendon then?

[dook]

Getting closer.

[Cows getting bigger]

It's got aspects of Stonehenge but the wooded are doesn't quite fit.

Hmmm.

[dook]

Good morning gentlemen.

This airfield is south of Duxford and Hendon and east of Old Sarum and Stonehenge.

edit: it is now an industrial site but the runway is still just visible on GE.

[sycamore]

RAF Andover,,..? OH if correct..

[chevvron]

That would be my next guess; not too many arifelds I know of with Belfast Truss hangars.

[sycamore]

Next thought was Woodley...

[dook]

We still need to go east.

Big clue shortly.

[Cows getting bigger]

Lympne (Ashford).

[dook]

Cows get the hit at last - Lympne.

[Cows getting bigger]

Look closely and you'll see a control tower. Jack is some distance from his natural habitat.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47766040022_585a48fb3b_b.jpg

[dook]

Is it still active ?

Trying to decipher Jack.

[Flap40]

I would take Jack to refer to the Navy and the tower design does look Naval.

[dook]

Now that you mention it, it does.

However, I don't think it's UK.

[Cows getting bigger]

No longer active but in a clutch of active airfields. The tower still has a use though. From another angle.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47030632044_a39a9b1180_b.jpg

[dook]

Are we in the UK after all and is the tower now a B&B or holiday let ?

[dook]

The tower looks like the one at Fearn.

[Cows getting bigger]

We are in the UK. This is clearly beyond the wit of man. :)

[Flap40]

Right tower design but wrong location I think.

How about HMS Godwit?

[Cows getting bigger]

Flap40 has it. HMS Godwit, otherwise known as Hinstock Airfield.


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/250x161/property_graphics_1064110a_234f0b0367e642f355659090dda664ebc a905a12.jpg

[Flap40]

Thanks, I'll pass it to Dook if he wants it as he suggested Fearn. Fearn was actually my first thought seeing the design of the tower but looking at Fearn on GE the overhead didn't fit so I dismissed it without actually looking at the tower. I'd looked for Godwit, based on it being a RNAS a long way from the sea and couldn't find it so had given up on it until Dook posted Fearn and i googled a picture of the Tower and then searched for towers of the same design. It's not easy to find as it's not where most of the links say it is.

Over to Dook or otherwise OH.

[dook]

Why thank you Flap - I'll accept the offer with an easy one.

http://i64.tinypic.com/fbkk28.jpg

[JENKINS]

Nearly WIWOL country, HMS Condor?

[dook]

Your deck J. :ok:

[JENKINS]

Thanks. Bed time, Open House I regret.

A short note on Hinstock, one of the many Shropshire fields. Originally Ollerton, but similarity to Tollerton resulted in the Nottingham field retaining its name and the Royal Navy making the change.

[India Four Two]

Disused but a very interesting history.


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1200x674/68c7d3f0_39e3_4b04_a730_eb18561742f5_d7feb3a9008e1408cd2f74b cadfc02df24136a9b.jpeg

This is clearly beyond the wit of man.

Nice clue CGB. Completely beyond my wit!

[sycamore]

Rangsdorf Berlin.....OH if correct...aber Gute Nacht !

[India Four Two]

Well that didn't last long. I had never heard of Rangsdorf. It's just south of Berlin and has been unused since the Russians left in 1994.

Rangsdorf is a municipality in the district of Teltow-Fläming in Brandenburg in Germany. It has an airfield [up to 1940 a genuine commercial airport] from where on 20 July 1944 Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg took off on his fateful attempt to assassinate German leader Adolf Hitler at his military headquarters in East Prussia, the Wolfsschanze. Reich Minister of Armaments and Ammunition Fritz Todt was killed in a Heinkel He 111 crash departing the airfield on 8 February 1942.

I'll wait for sycamore to wake up!

[dook]

I recognised Rangsdorf instantly because I put it up not too long ago.

[Cows getting bigger]

I think we're still OH.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47818335511_cd306bbcb1_b.jpg

[dook]

Far East ?

[Cows getting bigger]

Err no, not Far East.

[dook]

In which case may I ask in which direction we are facing, or the runway QDM.

[chevvron]

Cark aka Grange - over - Sands?

[Flap40]

Sligo. and a few more characters.

[Cows getting bigger]

Flap40 has it.

[Flap40]

Ta. Try this.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/800x553/screenshot_2019_05_11_at_13_52_07_9aa3a57cf40ae7ee83edf97356 19851213f9bb69.png

[Kemble Pitts]

Inishbofin.

OH

[Flap40]

Correct. I found it when looking for Sligo and thought the name was just too good to miss.

OH has been declared

[dook]

I'll take it up.

http://i65.tinypic.com/2lszazq.jpg

[Flap40]

Turnhouse?

[Self loading bear]

If I determine the front of the 2 cars on the road correctly then it is driving left side of the road?

[dook]

You are correct Bear, but Flap40 has hit it with Edinburgh.

Over to Flap40 again.

[Flap40]

Thanks. I should really be able to recognise my home field.

This was taken back in 1989 when i was hours building.

[Flap40]

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/432x290/mystery2_2267854f997f448c21cdb5c22bca19608d04b58d.jpg

[Self loading bear]

Edinburgh 1956
Different angle but
Same day as Dook’s photo?

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/800x574/6ea5e10e_3fdd_4110_80d0_f52aa3746a3a_1fc241e81a44920697b70d1 e0ad53c7013abdda4.jpeg

[dook]

Your challenge should be in Scotland but I bet it's not.

[Flap40]

No it's not. This airport is several hundred miles from the last.

[Self loading bear]

Aeroport de ....

[dook]

East Anglia ?

[Flap40]

No, not the Aeroport de East Anglia.

[dook]

So is it outside the UK ?

[Flap40]

Yes it is.

[dook]

I have no idea of the range of a 152 but I hazard a guess at northern France.

[Flap40]

It is in northern France. I grew up in Jersey and only moved to Scotland in 2000. Looking at my logbook, on this day I flew from Jersey-Rennes-Cholet-X-Cherbourg-Jersey.

You need to find X.

[sycamore]

Is there a Mirage parked nearby...?

[Flap40]

No. There were no other aircraft visible.

[dook]

Pays de la Loire somewhere ?

[Flap40]

It covers a big area but yes.

[Self loading bear]

Aerodrome de Laval Entrammes

[dook]

Aeroport de Laval ?

[Flap40]

SLB wins by a minute.

I had a total of 88hrs flying experience when this picture was taken. Currently the logbook says 14,421hrs.

[Self loading bear]

Thanks Flap,
Nice way of giving a clue.
Dit not see the last question about pays de Loire.
as I was looking around Fougeres.

Now this inspired by Courchevel:
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1145x750/19f55d95_2317_49bf_997e_86f73bad5aee_c0ef3fbcb3c1affce912c2f 1fd5c58b833799d93.jpeg

[dook]

This image looks computer generated. :*

[Self loading bear]

Google earth pro
It has the normal overhead photos laid over the terrain heights with 3D generated buildings.
Amazing isn’t it?

[sycamore]

In Europe or somewhere else,far away...?

[Self loading bear]

Europe indeed

[dook]

Zermatt ?..

[Self loading bear]

No die Schweiss was neutral in WW2.

[dook]

Where does WW2 come into this ?

[Self loading bear]

Just another clue
use it!

[dook]

I assume you are pointing to Deutschland.

[nvubu]

Hotel Campo Imperatore

[Self loading bear]

No although it is Luftwaffe related

[Self loading bear]

Hotel Campo Imperatore

Apologies, crossed with with my reply to dook,
Hotel Campo Imperatore it is
The Grand Sasso raid to free il Duce.
Glider landing area and Storch take off.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/939x587/f2e8e1a5_45e2_49bd_b5f8_42732e4b329f_59ea3c2194ff404844d1b7f a686e9e33f1d160b0.jpeg
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/957x546/b33c3a92_238b_44fa_bd98_fa99737fb816_c68db11636a09d3a5826377 ac5857f93ae6335c6.jpeg
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1334x588/75298c10_b7c1_40ae_a0a0_4ed58b4f795f_9baf9996bcd58b66784ae5b b8752e20f58bdc620.jpeg

[nvubu]

Thank you. I couldn't see an airfield, and the WW2 link and the Axis made me think of the raid to release Il Duce.

Here's the next challenge
https://oengyg.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mQciVdTbMoGagf-AQOdq_plQlaLj2eI1qA35pB9y4nEEthzJOIspDd9ammm9pNBRgUc2-gLhEajdb1Q35Kd68EPgeDITTWVvcEVJmWU3ERh8Kw5rqmKIvcteqdqZHILoh VL7rpRBDM7ihhi4U1XvXLEWXOnK67Kyb9btGkwu8J85ePPPRKgi2U9WOw6zb 4ZQnBWZ1we244RdthfoiTTlUSQ?width=885&height=1024&cropmode=none

[dook]

I couldn't see an airfield either because it wasn't one !!

[India Four Two]

Italy? Is that a Liberator poking its nose in?

[dook]

Any connection with the Battle of Salamaua ?

[nvubu]

It isn't Italy, but it is a Liberator, and nothing to do with the Battle of Salamaua

[dook]

Pacific ?..

[kaikohe76]

The position & lay out of the Airfield seems not unlike Ras al Haad in Oman, but the terrain inland would count this out.

[nvubu]

Laiohe76 - looks like Ras al Haad doesn't it, but as you said, the terrain inland isn't a match.
However, dook does have a hit with the Pacific.

[dook]

I have been looking at the Philippines with no luck.

I have noticed something unusual about the airfield.

[nvubu]

you wouldn't have any luck in that location.



You do know how this is going to end don't you? You'll narrow it down and then ……….. :)

[dook]

Yes - so I'll shut up and wait...…...

[nvubu]

You can't stop now.

What's the unusual thing you've noticed?

Does this (http://www.nvubu.co.uk/pprune/20190512_01.jpg) make it clearer? (very much larger image)

[dook]

I'm not saying, but it doesn't help in my search.

[sycamore]

In the course of `travels around the Pacific`,this;"zeamerseagerbeavers.com" ,might help....

[nvubu]

sycamore - not sure what that means?

[dook]

I'm not sure either.

Some parts allude to Papua New Guinea but I've looked there, and there are also references to Australia.

[nvubu]

I'll put us out of our misery, in that the airfield is in neither of those locations.

[dook]

New Caledonia ?

edit: is the Liberator from the Seventh Air Force ?

[Self loading bear]

In the course of `travels around the Pacific`,this;"zeamerseagerbeavers.com" ,might help....

I have looked into the website
Jay Zeamer’s Eager Beavers (http://zeamerseagerbeavers.com/)
But not much is revealed in the limited amount of photos that are accessible.
Mentio to be Operating mainly in Solomon Islands
New Ireland?

SLB

[nvubu]

Not New Caledonia.

The Eager beavers are not a clue posted by me, so as far as I'm aware they have nothing to do with this image, so not Solomon Islands, or New Ireland.


The Liberator is not from the 7th Air Force.

[dook]

I'm still on the case.

Fifth Air Force ?

edit: are we near Yap ?

I wonder if the photo is from December 1943

What I saw in the photo last night is a lake in the middle of the airfield.

[nvubu]

Not 5th Air Force either
Not Yap.

I'm fairly sure that the photo is later than 1943.

[dook]

It is more than probable that the challenge is an island being used as a navigation waypoint between the operating base and a target so are we closer to Japan ?

13th Air Force ?