Which Aerodrome Mk III

[aerobelly]

Sabredog declared OH....

How about this?

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7239/6987445212_a2fa98feca_b.jpg


(I can check responses at 07:30UTC tomorrow, then not for 12 hours, sorry.)



'b

[chevvron]

Don't know the name but it's about a mile northeast of Newmarket Racecourse. The road is the A11 not Akeman Street.
OH if accepted as an answer.

[aerobelly]

It certainly is Snailwell, just NE of Newmarket. The line of the old A11 (now renumbered A1304 just here) is the white streak towards the bottom right corner, and the more distinct road that clips the edge of the airfield is the old carriage-drive to Chippenham Hall, which has trees in the park laid out to represent the Battle of La Hogue.

Nothing is visible on the ground now except for a section of peri-track that looks suspiciously wide for a farm track. There's a small amount of flying there still, because Newmarket Model Flying Club have a small field pretty much in the centre of the old airfield.

Probably more than you wanted to know so....

Chevvron declared OH.


'b

[evansb]

Here is a lovely spot:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/IMG_6133_edited-1_11.jpg

[sabredog]

Raglan Airfield ,Waikato,New Zealand.

[evansb]

Sabredog is correct.:ok: Raglan is on the west coast of North Island, west of the city of Hamilton, NZ. You have control.

[sabredog]

Thank you,evansb.
This should not last very long;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz103.jpg

[chevvron]

Resemblances to Pembrey.

[sabredog]

Correct.
Pembrey Airfield, Carmarthenshire,Wales,U.K.
YHC

[chevvron]

Open House!! The racetrack at the far end of the long runway gave it away.

[olympus]

Try this one...

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/mini-airfield29.jpg

[chevvron]

Fulbeck ??

[olympus]

Well that didn't last long! Fulbeck it is; originally a relief landing ground for RAFC Cranwell.

YHC.

[chevvron]

Wasn't absolutely sure 'cos I couldn't see the kart circuit, but that kink in the road along the remnants of the main runway (which I saw used for drag racing in '73) gave it away.

Open House.

[aerobelly]

Another... (isn't GE wonderful?)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7190/6996689742_31dd86ca78_b.jpg



aerobelly

[Duckbutt]

isn't GE wonderful?



Not on this thread it ain't. Photobucket is good though.

[Cows getting bigger]

Midland Gliding Club, Long Mynd.

OH if correct.

[aerobelly]

Spot on.

CGB has declared OH.

[olympus]

Here's another...

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/mini-airfield30.jpg

[Russell Gulch]

Gatow?

(and a few letters)

[olympus]

Right country, wrong airfield.

[evansb]

Rechlin-Larz ?

[olympus]

Not Rechlin-Larz.

It probably doesn't help but the caption to this photo reads 'Four 658 Squadron Austers whose pilots accepted the surrender of [this airfield] in 1945. Four others are immediately following.'

[MReyn24050]

Celle perhaps?

[olympus]

Not Celle but certainly in the British Zone.

[olympus]

Thought this one would have gone by now.

This airfield together with its adjacent Marine Air Station and nearby naval dockyard were heavily bombed during the war.

Contemporary photos are difficult to find on the net but I will post a modern-day shot (which will be searchable) if not guessed by Sunday midday-ish.

[MReyn24050]

Wild guess. Seefliegerhorst Großenbrode?

[Hen Ddraig]

Another wild guess. Jever

[olympus]

Not Seefliegerhorst Großenbrode, although close to the subject airfield I don't think it's the same place.

Not Jever but it is also close geographically

This is the airfield today...

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/airfield30a.jpg

[sabredog]

Keil ( Holtenau) Airport

[olympus]

Kiel is correct.

YHC.

[sabredog]

Open House

[MReyn24050]

olympus. A very interesting challenge. I am most interested in the four Auster aircraft reported to belong to 658 (AOP) Sqn RAF. There is some history covering 658 (AOP) Sqn time in the Netherlands here:-
658 AOP Squadron (http://www.royalartilleryunitsnetherlands1944-1945.com/658-aop-squadron.html) but I was not able to locate a great deal else after Nov 1944. Does your reference only give their title in repect of that photograph. Would also be interested to learn more about all those Ju52s?? on the pan as I understand that Kiel Holtenau served primarily as a SAR base in World War II, and suffered from heavy allied air attacks. There does not appear to be much evidence of damage to the hangars or the pan.

[olympus]

MReyn24050

My source for the picture was 'The Army in the Air - The History of the Army Air Corps' by Sir A Farrar-Hockley which in turn credits the Museum of Army Flying.

The text of the book makes no specific reference to the surrender of Kiel airfield. Indeed the activities of the AAC in Europe in 1945 are covered in very general terms in just one page.

[MReyn24050]

olympus. Many thanks for that.This will teach me to look at my own sources before searching the web. As I have that book on my bookshelves. But as you say the amount of information contained in it regarding the AOP squadron in Europe is very limited hence the reason I did not consider it. However, I think you would agree it is surprising that as Kiel was bombed so heavily there appears to be little evidence of damage to the airfield. I am also curious as to why there are so many Ju52s (which I believe they are) parked on the dispersal.

[nvubu]

Brrrrrrr .... looks cold down there.
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/2012-05-06A.jpg

[sabredog]

A Gloster Gladiator of 263 Squadron on Lake Lesjaskog ,Norway.

[nvubu]

It was only an air"field" for 3 days or so

Sabredog - you have control.

[sabredog]

Thank you,nvubu.
The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz105.png

[MReyn24050]

Borgo Airfield - Corsica?

[sabredog]

That is correct,Mel.
Borgo Airfield,Poretta,Corsica.
YHC

[MReyn24050]

Thanks Terry, here is an easy one:-

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airportquiz060-1.jpg

[sabredog]

Oldenburg?
If correct,Open House.

[MReyn24050]

You have it Terry. Open House as declared.

[Lordflasheart]

Open House - Let's see if I can get the size right this time. LFH


http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj632/LFH99/LFHWAD004-1A-1.jpg?t=1336167397

[chevvron]

Somewhere like Burbank?

[Lordflasheart]

Chevy - Not Bob Hope, but same continent, same vintage. LFH

[Whispering Giant]

Redlands - California ?

[Lordflasheart]

WG - Not Redlands, not enough runways (at Redlands) Right continent still. Busier than Bob Hope - so they say. LFH

[Lordflasheart]

Time for a clue or 2 ? West of Bob Hope. A taxy-way goes all the way to the hospital - the big multi-block building on the edge of the field top right of pic, against the "forest" line.

Need more ? LFH

[olympus]

Well, all the clues seem to point to Van Nuys but it doesn't look like Van Nuys.

[Lordflasheart]

Oly is correct - it ISN'T Van Nuys, but it is a general aviation field. Want some more clues ? LFH

[nvubu]

Whiteman Airport?

[Lordflasheart]

Not Whiteman, Hippo. It's way west of Whiteman too.

This place has two paved runways and the view is looking east, on the main. They claim it's home to about 1000 GA aircraft and has in excess of >500 movements a day, but that's several years old. I will post another view in an hour or so when I can sort the technology. LFH

[Lordflasheart]

A murky view of the field in the opposite direction - looking west.

http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj632/LFH99/Theotherway.jpg

[nvubu]

Is it not in the USA?

[Lordflasheart]

It certainly is in the USA, Hippo. That's the FAA tower half way down on the left side of Runway 7. (In the first photo - white tower standing above the reddish colored building.) You gotta look further than CA. Final clues in the am ? LFH

[Cubs2jets]

Merrill Field, Anchorage, Alaska.

Open House if correct!

C2j

[Lordflasheart]

You got it C2j. :ok: Merrill Field, downtown Anchorage, AK.

30 degrees west of Burbank. Where the folks "look down on the other four dozen." ;)

Open House. LFH

[nvubu]

Good one LFH ... Here's one I prepared earlier (whe I though I was right with Whiteman :*)

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/2012-05-09A.jpg

[sabredog]

Hanna Reitsch at the Accra Gliding Club, Afienya airfield,Accra,Ghana.

[nvubu]

Absolutely spot on - Your turn.

[sabredog]

Thank you,nvubu.
The next easy challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz107.jpg

[chevvron]

If it's Burma, maybe they're just about to get buried.

[descol]

India perhaps ?

[sabredog]

Descol.
Not India, but quite warm in one respect, though not climatically!

Jenkins.
Not Israel,neither is it Kai Tak.

Well reasoned guesses though.

[olympus]

Somewhere in Japan?

Possibly Iwakuni?

Scrub Iwakuni, I'll go for Miho.

[sycamore]

Possibly 32 or 208 Sdn,possibly in Cyprus ,or Palestine ,1947-8...?

[sabredog]

Correct.
R.I.A.F. at Miho,Japan.
YHC

[olympus]

Thank you, this is the next challenge...

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/mini-airfield31.jpg

[sabredog]

139 Sqdn, R.A.F.,Marham,Norfolk.
If correct, Open House.

[Noyade]

I remembered seeing that in colour from an old book. Doesn't mention the place, but it is No. 139 Squadron. Always liked that photo and wondered where it was.

Cheers.

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/5720/img631k.jpg (http://img337.imageshack.us/i/img631k.jpg/)

[olympus]

It is Marham.

Open house.

[SilentHandover]

Seeing as it is OH try this one.

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n568/SilentHandover/DSC_0628.jpg

[Cubs2jets]

Crissey Field, San Francisco, CA

Unfortunately, Open House if correct...

C2j

[SilentHandover]

It's not Crissy Field.

[sabredog]

Site of the old Marina airfield, San Francisco

[SilentHandover]

sabredog has it, I walked past the plaque and could not resist taking a snap to contribute to this thread. YHC :ok:

[sabredog]

Thank you,SilentHandover. A good challenge.
The next ;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz107-1.jpg

[SilentHandover]

Is it RAF Andover?

[sabredog]

Indeed it is,SHO.
R.A.F. Andover,Hampshire,U.K.
YHC

[SilentHandover]

Thank you sabredog, the next challenge is this.

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n568/SilentHandover/SHO10.jpg

[sabredog]

Boca Manu airstrip?

[SilentHandover]

Correct sabredog, YHC or shall we just continue this between ourselves via PM :ok:

SH

[sabredog]

That might be a very good idea,SHO,but to keep the Thread moving it has to be;
Open House

[nvubu]

Just to break up the private game :ok:

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/2012-05-11A.jpg

[chevvron]

Maylands??

[nvubu]

Not Maylands in W Australia.

[nvubu]

As the first image was from before the war, here's one from just after.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/2012-05-12B.jpg

[sabredog]

Broxbourne Aerodrome.

[nvubu]

Broxbourne was the airfield where "The Mad Major" hired his aircraft for his flight under 15 bridges across the Thames in 1953. He was prosecuted and had to pay costs of 10 guineas and lost his licence for a year (although he got it back after 7 months), but he was not actually convicted. More info on Broxbourne can be found here (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CXv71uVIi3AC&pg=PA297&dq=wings+over+nazeing&lr=&as_brr=0&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=4#v=onepage&q=wings%20over%20nazeing&f=false)

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/2012-12-05C.jpg

Over to you (as usual :ok:) sabredog

[sabredog]

Thank you,nvubu.
The next;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz107-2.jpg

[olympus]

Puck (Putzig) Polish Naval Air Station

[sabredog]

Correct.
YHC

[olympus]

Try this one...

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/mini-airfield32.jpg

[chevvron]

Leavesden?
In my previous effort I was referring to Maylands nr Romford Essex ie England NOT Oz; now called Maylands Golf Club.

[olympus]

Not Leavesden.

[nacluv]

Halifaxes? 6 Grp? I'll go for Tholthorpe, viewed from the NW, looking SE.

[olympus]

Well done nacluv, exactly right.

To complete your answer, the caption to the photo (From Hull, Hell and Halifax) reads 'F/Lt Doug Morison (RCAF) at the controls of Halifax Mk III MZ359 'G' of 77 Sqn, September 1944. In the background is the 6 Group airfield of Tholthorpe...'

You have control!

[nacluv]

Yay! I'm pleased with that. Thanks Olympus.

I thought Halifaxes were quite likely to be 6Grp/RCAF, so we would be looking at North Yorkshire. I was lucky that the runway/peritrack extension at the SE corner is evident. Then lucky that most of the features, including surrounding fields and the Hag Lane/Sam Lane junction, are still the same today!

How's about this - I don't think we've had this before?

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk252/kwilson1965/General/aerodrome1.jpg

[chevvron]

Clyffe Pypard?

[nacluv]

Sorry, not Clyffe Pypard.

[chevvron]

How about Lympne?
(Oi doesn't somebody else wanna play?)

[nacluv]

Looks like it's just the two of us. :)

Sorry, not Lympne either.

[chevvron]

Well it looks like ex military with much demolition evident (I can see the bases of at least 3 other hangars) leaving one hangar ('A' type? 20s/30s).
Hawkinge maybe.

[nacluv]

It's on my home turf, so north of Watford Gap.

In fact, it's so much on my home turf that my home from birth to early adulthood would be visible in that picture had it been taken some years later (although I appreciate that isn't much use as a clue).

[WE992]

Polebrook, Northants?

[chevvron]

Spitalgate?

[nacluv]

North of both...

You are correct in that the site is indeed in the process of being demolished. It was quite a large facility, with several similar hangars.

[sabredog]

R.A.F. Coal Aston?

[nacluv]

Blimey Terrence - not much gets past you. :)

It is indeed RAF Coal Aston, which is frequently confused with RAF Norton, which would be a couple of miles away in the centre distance from that perspective.

This site much later became Rowlinson school, and is now the Graves Tennis & Leisure Centre. If you use your imagination, you can just about visualise the current tennis courts being situated on the old hangar concrete bases.

I attended the primary school which can be seen at top left, just in front of the bolder-shaded tree line.

Over to you!

[sabredog]

Thank you,nacluv. An excellent challenge,and well done on getting the recent R.A.F. Tholthorpe photograph.
Apologies, but it has to be;
Open House.

[India Four Two]

Here's one from my family photo album:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/WAD17May.jpg

[Lordflasheart]

Somewhere in Egypt in ye olden days of Empire ? LFH

[India Four Two]

LFH, you're obviously not a flash-in-the-pan :)

Yes, in Egypt.

[sabredog]

R.A.F. Fayid? Or possibly R.A.F. Kabrit?

[Lordflasheart]

The monster military base - not just RAF (or RFC) favours Ismailia.

The shape favours Alexandria (now El Nozha) but there's not enough barren rock there.

Fayid is now surrounded by sand so where has all that construction gone ?


In short, I'm not betting on the other two - my only bet (apart from Sabre is right - S i R :) ) is Ismailia and that's a long shot. LFH


Added - and my remark about Fayid would equally apply to Kabrit.

[India Four Two]

SD and LFH,

According to my knowledge (bear in mind this is a family photo), it is not Fayid, Kabrit, Alexandria or Ismailia. I'm at work at the moment, so please wait until after 1300Z and I'll look for the Google Earth present day setting, to confirm what I think this aerodrome is.

[Krakatoa]

The words of the song.....we've passed Kasfareet and have f####all to eat...

[JW411]

We've thrown all the rations away.....

[olympus]

We're leaving Khartoum,
By the light of the Moon,
We're sailing by night and by day.
We've passed Kasfareet
And there's F-All to eat,
We've thrown all our rations away...

[sabredog]

We might as well throw R.A.F. Abu Sueir in as well.

[India Four Two]

Nice poem ;)

Not Kasfareet or Abu Sueir

I've checked the current location. I cannot find any evidence of any British buildings or the airfield, but there is a military base there, including a (disused?) SA-2 battery.

[sabredog]

R.A.F Aboukir.
Aboukir | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/33785497@N06/5707936888)

[India Four Two]

sd,

Yes, Aboukir.

My grandfather, who was ex-RNAS, lived and worked there for "Bricks and Works" and my mother was born there.

Their bungalow was somewhere in the foreground area and my mother told me they used to walk across the airfield to get to the beach on Aboukir Bay at the top right.

I also found the same photo you posted, Terrence, but it doesn't seem to overlap my picture. This implies there was more than one airfield there.

You have control.
Simon

[sabredog]

Many thanks,Simon. I became somewhat fixated on the Canal Zone airfields to exclusion of the more obvious choices! The Flickr photograph abuts the lower (South /East?) right hand corner of your challenge. The small white building surrounded by trees to the south of the road matches, together with the roof of the large hangar and "H" shaped buildings.
Open House

[Russell Gulch]

Although not being able to answer many of these "Which Aerodromes", I am a regular viewer, and I do have to commend the regulars here in keeping my (and I'm sure many others) interest up in these old aerodromes.

The little snippets of military and particularly the personal history (my Mother walked to the beach just in the top right) make this a very informative thread and bring a human touch to the pictures. Thank you all.

Russ.

[India Four Two]

The small white building surrounded by trees to the south of the road matches, together with the roof of the large hangar and "H" shaped buildings.


Terrence, I wondered how you could possibly think the hangar roofs were similar, but then I hadn't noticed the hangar (factory?) in the bottom right corner of my photo!

The two photos were presumably taken on the same sortie. As LFH said, a monster military base and it's hard to believe it is all gone.

Well, nearly all gone ;) A close inspection of the Flickr photo and Google Earth shows a warehouse on the north side of the road that is still standing, near what appears to be a canal in the 1920s, but is now a dry wadi.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/warehouseold.png

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/warehouse.png

Russell,
Thank you for your comments. It is clear that PPRuNe is making a significant contribution to the preservation of history that otherwise would be lost. This and other threads provide me with a lot of fun and interest (and of course waste a huge amount of time!)

As sabredog said, it is still Open House.

[sabredog]

I shall take up my own "Open House" !
The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz110.jpg

[Ridge Runner]

African, SD?

[sabredog]

Sorry,Ridge Runner, not on the continent of Africa.

[India Four Two]

How about somewhere in the US?

[SilentHandover]

France or a French territory?

[sabredog]

Simon,not the U.S.
SLH, yes,to the latter.

[Lordflasheart]

Wild guess - Gia Lam - late 40s. Possibly (very) early 50s. LFH

[sabredog]

A very good guess,LFH. It is indeed Gia Lam (Hanoi) Airport, taken during the
French Indochina War,1946-1954.
Well done.
YHC

[Lordflasheart]

Thank you Sabre, SiR - Gia Lam – Well, I was working on it being a USAAF field stateside when SHO suggested French Colonial so it's really his fault I got it.


Re Aboukir - the Battle of the Nile (aka the Battle of Aboukir Bay) - The Immortal Memory - There's even a Nelson's Island just off the point.


Try this aerodrome for size - some interesting numbers involved. Sorry about the fuzzy photo, my nerves were playing up on finals and I needed both hands. You'll have to be quick, I'm leaping off for the weekend later on Saturday. LFH



http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj632/LFH99/LFHWAD005.jpg?t=1337370299

[sycamore]

Telluride,KTEX,Colorado.....OH if correct..

[Lordflasheart]

Spot on Sycamore, Telluride it is :ok: LFH.

Trying to Land - R/W 27

The field elevation's bigger than the runway length - 9070 v 7000

From their website - "TellurideRegionalAirport sits atop Deep Creek Mesa and is North America's highest commercial airport. At 9,070 feet above sea level, the airport offers picturesque views of the San Juan mountains. And now - getting to Telluride has never been easier – ...."

.... if you have nerves of steel. :ooh:

Sycamore has declared Open House.

[India Four Two]

It is indeed Gia Lam (Hanoi) Airport, taken during the
French Indochina War,1946-1954.
Gia Lam! Doh! How could a miss an airfield in my own back yard? I've driven past it and looked at it on Google Earth. I was amused to see that the Landing Tee is not aligned with any of the runways.


Re Aboukir - the Battle of the Nile (aka the Battle of Aboukir Bay) Yes, a lot of history in this area. The Lighthouse and the Library in Alexandria, the Rosetta Stone in nearby Rashid and for something completely different, the movie "Ice Cold in Alex".

Sycamore has declared Open House.

[olympus]

This probably won't last very long...

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/mini-airfield33.jpg

[chevvron]

Chedburgh Suffolk (Stirling OCU)

[olympus]

Not Chedburgh.

[sycamore]

`Hoskins, I`ve told you before ,you are supposed to land on the `runway`,and taxi to dispersal and park it there`..You are not to disperse it in the parking lot so you can get in the taxi...!!!

[longer ron]

Saves usin the ladder dunnit ? :)

[olympus]

Been very quiet today so time for a clue...

The aircraft is Stirling 'I-Item' of 218 Squadron

[evansb]

Wild guess: Coleby Grange, UK ?

[Hen Ddraig]

Maybe Woolfox Lodge

[ExAscoteer]

Downham Market?

OH if correct.

[olympus]

Downham Market is correct. I-Item crashed near the station's Operations Block on 14 May 1943.

ExAscoteer has declared Open House.

[India Four Two]

Should be easy with the obvious clue in the foreground.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/WAD_21_May.jpg

[sabredog]

Tuy Hoa AFB,Vietnam.

[Ridge Runner]

A famous picture!!! Edit: I should say, to those who follow the Sled! :)

[India Four Two]

sabredog wins again! Sorry it wasn't a D model, Terrence,

Ridge Runner,

A great picture. Yet another airbase in Vietnam that I hadn't heard of before!

Just down the road from the 'Street Without Joy".

[sabredog]

Many thanks,Simon. A splendid photograph indeed.
Open House.

[Duckbutt]

Here's another:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz70.jpg

[descol]

Duckbutt - that looks like - Jacmel-Haiti

[Duckbutt]

That's cos it is Descol!

Over to you.

[descol]

Jezz - that was quick - I am running out of pics - but have this one tyto keep things going

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/prune22-1.jpg

[sabredog]

Weipa or Gladestone Airport,Queensland,Aus?

[descol]

and that did not last long either :ok:- an immediate correct guess from Sabredog - perhaps you haver been there ? over to you
Des

[sabredog]

Many thanks,Des. I presume Gladestone Airport was correct?
Unfortunately, I have not visited Australia. The GAM Aero Commander 500s, together with the red soil and unusual Tie Downs were the main clues.
The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz111-1.jpg

[Noyade]

Are we still in Vietnam mate?

[sabredog]

Indeed we are,Graeme.

[Noyade]

Could be wrong, but it looks like a French Toucan at bottom left?
Dien Bien Phu?

[Noyade]

perhaps you haver been there ?

Gladstone? You been there mate? My brother lives there.
Phillip, if you read this....call me.



:)

[Noyade]

Hey Phil, go the Blues! :ok:

State of Origin (http://www.nrl.com/RepGames/StateofOrigin2012/tabid/11131/Default.aspx)

[descol]

noyade - see your PMs
Des

[sabredog]

Correct,Noyade.
Dien Bien Phu airstrip, during the siege,1954.
YHC

[Noyade]

Thanks SD.

Shouldn't be too hard....

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/8588/img669w.jpg (http://img440.imageshack.us/i/img669w.jpg/)

[gerry111]

RAAF Base Richmond, Australia. 2 Kilometers away from where I am.

If correct, Open House.

[Noyade]

Well done gerry, can't argue with a local. :)

NSW........0
Q'LAND...1

:(

Open House.

[India Four Two]

This one is a bit unusual. I found it on a website run by some Vietnam vets. It is labelled as Hanoi, which it obviously isn't. I won't mention the website to avoid embarassing them - they should have known better.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/MysteryAirfield.png

Can anyone identify the city?

Wearing my geologist's hat, I think that is a lake on the right.

[descol]

IF2- my search sys its Shiraz Iran and the lake is Maharlu Lake - OH if correct
Des

[India Four Two]

Des,

Thank you. Shiraz, Iran - no doubt about it.

Open House.

[olympus]

The next...

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/mini-airfield34a.jpg

[dixi188]

How about Weston Zoyland?

Only because my mother worked on Lizzies there.

[Hen Ddraig]

Mk 1 Lysander. I known it was on the strength of RAF Pershore at one time

[olympus]

Sorry, not Weston Zoyland or Pershore. Go North.

[Duckbutt]

Cranwell?

Perhaps No 2 Squadron?

[Lordflasheart]

Is it a trick of the light, or is the Head Gardener wearing knee length jackboots ? LFH

[olympus]

Not Leeming or Cranwell. As the photo was taken in 1938 the gent in the jackboots could be a visiting member of the master race!

Apparently no trace of the airfield remains (and certainly I could see nothing on Google Earth but I may not have been looking in the right place) but the site is now occupied by a prison.

[India Four Two]

Prison? Lindholme?

[sycamore]

Well, the guy in line with the prop is taking a piccy on his mobile...so it might be on u-tube....

[Cows getting bigger]

Morton Hall?

[olympus]

None of the answers so far are correct.

Now I didn't realise that RAF stations had code names but this one's was 'Bluebell'. (It says so on the internet so it must be right).

[evansb]

RAF Acklington, Northumberland, England ?
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1169/mccord000540u.jpg

[olympus]

Acklington is correct.

evansb has control.

[evansb]

Thank you. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD120524.jpg

[sycamore]

Canada...?

[evansb]

Sorry, not Melksham. It was very much an "operational" aerodrome'. Ultimately, the airfield had a total of six of those hangars. The concrete foundations of the hangars are still very much visible on Google Earth. The runways are also visible.

[Duckbutt]

Mossbank, Saskatchewan?

[evansb]

Yes, Duckbutt, it is Mossbank, Sask. Canada.:ok: It was home of the BCATP's #2 B&G S (Bombing and Gunnery School). From 1940 to 1944, the base processed 6000 students.
Today, the airfield is abandoned, but the RCAF Snowbirds use the airfield to practice low-level fly-bys for airshows. The northern portion of the airfield is a golf course.

Your control

[Duckbutt]

Thanks.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz71a.jpg

[sabredog]

William Denny's shipbuilding yard at Dumbarton, together with the Blackburn Aircraft Factory. Also Dumbarton Rock and Castle.

[Duckbutt]

Correct Sabredog, all yours.

[sabredog]

Many thanks,Duckbutt. An interesting challenge.
Nothing suitable at present, so it has to be Open House.

[Lordflasheart]

Another ancient watery mystery -



http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj632/LFH99/WAD006LFH.jpg

[olympus]

Looks like Guernsey.

[Lordflasheart]

Guernsey's a big island Oly ;) You got it, but wanna be more specific ? LFH

[olympus]

My best guess would be the harbour at St Peter Port.

I spent a large part of my early aviation career flying into and out of GCI so became very familiar with the view of the town and harbour from the air.

[Duckbutt]

It's actually the French seaplane base at at the 'Castle Emplacement', between the harbour and the model yacht pond in Guernsey. The latter was drained and the site used for a hangar and accomodation huts.

I know because I had that same pic prepared for this thread at some appropriate time in the future.

Your call Olympus.

[Lordflasheart]

Correct Oly - only being picky for the purists you understand. We've had "Guernsey" before - but twas the International that time.

Sorry I pinched your idea Ducky.

As Duckbutt already knows -

French flying boat base in Guernsey St Peter Port harbour mid 1917 – early 1919.

Tellier 200 and possibly FBA flying boat (type unspecified) up to a dozen, due to the very successful submarine war being waged by Germany against allied shipping principally in this case, in Channel and UK coastal waters. View looking north. LFH

Oly has control.

[olympus]

Thanks LFH and Duckbutt.

I'm sorry this is not a very good photo...

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/mini-airfield35.jpg

[Lordflasheart]

Is this a frozen lake I see before me, or just an icy field ? LFH

[olympus]

Not a frozen lake LFH. The pock-marks are bomb damage.

[Lordflasheart]

I was going to ask - our bombs or theirs ? but if it's chalky subsoil - how about Croydon circa 1940 ? OH if correct - too much else to do. LFH

[olympus]

Their bombs; not Croydon but an historic airfield which no longer exists.

[Hen Ddraig]

Could it be West Malling

[olympus]

Sorry, not West Malling; even more famous, I would say.

[sabredog]

R.A.F. Hornchurch,April,1941. Looking north.

[olympus]

Hornchurch is correct.

YHC!

[sabredog]

Apologies for the delay.
Open House.

[olympus]

Just to keep things ticking over...

Going to have an early night as am going to Duxford tomorrow-will be off-line until the evening. (Unless solved this evening in which case disregard the foregoing...)

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/mini-airfield36.jpg

[olympus]

A lot of detail provided there Jenkins, none of which accords with the info which I have.

[sabredog]

252/257 Sqdn. EL Magrun ?

[olympus]

Sorry Sabredog, not 252/257 Sqn El Magrun but the right country.

[sabredog]

Gambut , (LG-139)?

[olympus]

Gambut is correct. Beaufighters of 'The Greatest Squadron of Them All'.

YHC again.

[sabredog]

Thank you, Olympus.
603 Sqdn. indeed. Richard Hillary's old squadron during the Battle of Britain.
The next challenge should not last very long, and although not an airfield,it was at the time,a seaplane base.
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/QUIZ112.jpg

[Noyade]

Hi Terrence.

Did we collect the same Aircraft Information Files from the 90's mate?

:ok:

http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/7923/img684m.jpg (http://img826.imageshack.us/i/img684m.jpg/)

[sabredog]

I am afraid not,Graeme. I found the photograph whilst researching Desert Air Force Beaufighters for Olympus's challenge.
Well done.
YHC.

[Noyade]

Well, it was still dumb blind luck on my part mate. I was flicking through some issues and found that photo a short while back.

Open house.

Cheers.

[Lordflasheart]

Open House - Another watery mystery -


http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj632/LFH99/WAD009.jpg

[sabredog]

Castle Archdale and nearby RAF Killadeas,Ulster.

[Blanket Stacker]

Only Castle Archdale; Killadeas was further away.

[Lordflasheart]

RAF Castle Archdale is correct Sabre SiR. :ok:

On the east shore of Lough Erne, Northern Ireland. A famous Coastal Command RAF & RCAF Sunderland and Catalina base. Picture about 1944.

As BS observes, Killadeas is about 4 miles further south and was, I understand more of a flying boat OTU, with St Angelo airfield as the Coastal Command Instructors School a similar distance south of Killadeas. RAF Boa Island - a signals station at the top end of Lough Erne, completed the picture. LFH

Sabredog has control.

[sabredog]

Many thanks,LFH. My poor editing of a photograph caption is to blame for confusing the issue! Especially remiss, as I know Lough Erne and the Fermanagh Lakes very well. Thank you, Blanket Stacker, for pointing it out.
An interesting link here;
Neglected Flying Boat base. - Page 27 - Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums (http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=205239&page=27)
Open House, gentlemen.

[Noyade]

Didn't see this on Mel's list...

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/788/img668n.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/i/img668n.jpg/)

[sabredog]

A Ro airstrip, Quang Nam Province,Vietnam. No35,Sqdn.R.A.A.F. (Caribou A4-185)

[Noyade]

Well done mate. :ok:

Your control Sabredog.

[sabredog]

Thank you,Graeme.
The next challenge, and it should be snapped up very quickly;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz113.gif

[descol]

sabredog - that looks like Lydd airport in Kent - London Asford airport
OH if correct

[sabredog]

Lydd Airport,Kent is corrrect.
Descol has declared;
Open House

[merlinxx]

Lydd, bloody Ferryport with Bristol Frighteners, two weeks of hell back in the mid 60s:{

[olympus]

The next challenge...

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/mini-airfield37.jpg

[sabredog]

R.A.F./R.A.A.F Butterworth.(XS221 & XS224)

[olympus]

Well that didn't last long!

Butterworth is correct.

YHC.

[sabredog]

The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz114.jpg

[Lordflasheart]

Are those by any chance Me 163s on the right of the flight line ? LFH

[sabredog]

Not Me.163s, and not in Germany,LFH.

[olympus]

Malaga Airport.

[sabredog]

Correct.
YHC

[olympus]

Thank you.

The next challenge...an airport I flew into many times but not very often in daylight!

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/mini-airfield38.jpg

[descol]

how about Zurich ?

[olympus]

Sorry descol, not Zurich.

[G-ARZG]

Hannover ?

[olympus]

Sorry 'ZG, not Hannover.

[Lordflasheart]

Elf'n'saftee'd 'ave a conniption fit. How about Odense ? LFH

[Gulfstreamaviator]

In daylight too....

if correct OH.

glf