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Old 27th Feb 2008, 21:29
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Moira is spot on It was home to HMS Nabaron. The airstrip has been overgrown by foilage.

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Old 27th Feb 2008, 21:36
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Open house!
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Old 27th Feb 2008, 22:11
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Here's one with ready-made clues:
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Old 27th Feb 2008, 22:23
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There is a pub just outside Coltishall called "The Three Horsehoes" ?
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norwich: There is a pub just outside Coltishall called "The Three Horsehoes" ?
At the risk of being facetious, these were Horse Shoes.

Ergo, not Coltishall
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Old 27th Feb 2008, 22:36
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Sorry, could this be my second typo of the night ? is ignorance still bliss ? Keith.
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Old 28th Feb 2008, 07:01
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former Usworth RAF airfield

And again: open house if (when ) confirmed...
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Sunderland Usworth it is. Briefly civilian, it now lies underneath the Nissan car factory
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Open House so here is the next ( historic) challenge.



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Old 28th Feb 2008, 14:59
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Johannisthal Berlin?
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Old 28th Feb 2008, 15:17
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RAF Upavon..............
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Old 28th Feb 2008, 15:33
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Stag Lane?
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Old 28th Feb 2008, 15:36
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R.A.F. Hendon, Air tournement/pageant 1920s?
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Old 28th Feb 2008, 17:06
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Gentlemen,neither Berlin,Stag Lane,Upavon nor Hendon. It is however in Europe and the 1920s is close.
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Old 28th Feb 2008, 18:29
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Belgium/Italy?
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Old 28th Feb 2008, 18:48
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The Italian Corpo Aeronautica Militare used a number of French fighters in WWII and that looks like a Caproni bomber in the background.

Is it Italian, possibly in 1923 when it became the fascist Règia Aeronautica Italia?
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Old 28th Feb 2008, 19:56
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Significant amount of google guess work would suggest that the bomber could well be a Handley Page V-1500.

So could the airfield be Bircham Newton?
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Old 28th Feb 2008, 20:13
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Belgian Air Service Brasschaat near Brussels? H.P.1500 in background, with possibly HD-1s or Nieuport XV11s of 9em Escadrille to the right of the picture.
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Old 28th Feb 2008, 20:55
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I think Sabredog is right, the airplanes to the right are marked with a 'Scottish thistle', which was the sign of the Brasschaat first squadron.

IF not, it migth also be Evere/Haren, nowadays Brussels Airport.

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Old 28th Feb 2008, 21:08
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Just found a picture on the web of Evere in 1919, looks like the same location:


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