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Spot on, one11
. Situated on the Bucks/Oxon border. RAF Thame, also known as Aylesbury, and Haddenham. Home of post-war AirTech Limited, who overhauled Bristol Hercules engines, and where Freddie Laker started his first business. (or so I heard).
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. Situated on the Bucks/Oxon border. RAF Thame, also known as Aylesbury, and Haddenham. Home of post-war AirTech Limited, who overhauled Bristol Hercules engines, and where Freddie Laker started his first business. (or so I heard).You have control.
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Thame
The thought process went .....grass field, Halifax , proximity to village, hangar text could be Airtech, so Thame. Incidentally the 1st aircraft to the left of the Airtech hangar ( un-camouflaged) also just might be the civilianised Lincoln G-ALPF that sat there for a while after the Berlin Airlift.
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Some where Dutch in the Antilles, or where good old Good And Reliable Under Dutch Administration was born. Either those two or the home of my fav radio staion Hilversum EHHV
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This might sound daft but Doncaster (EGCI not EGCN) maybe.
KLM operated a flight to Manchester via Doncaster during 1938/1939. If the aircraft pictured is PH-APE it was later lost on a training flight.
KLM operated a flight to Manchester via Doncaster during 1938/1939. If the aircraft pictured is PH-APE it was later lost on a training flight.
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Not daft at all. Doncaster, 1938.
The airport never regained scheduled service after WW2 and finally closed in 1992 but the terminal shown was destroyed by fire around 1976.
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The airport never regained scheduled service after WW2 and finally closed in 1992 but the terminal shown was destroyed by fire around 1976.
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Perhaps handsfree has got it.
If not, and having just enjoyed an episode of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot on the tele, could it possibly be Croyden? (It's the one with a C-47 painted in "Empire Airways" livery).
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If not, and having just enjoyed an episode of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot on the tele, could it possibly be Croyden? (It's the one with a C-47 painted in "Empire Airways" livery).
Cheers,
Tom
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I was just about to suggest Doncaster.
I did some PPL flying out of there in 1976-8. I have seen this picture before.
I think it was on the wall of the flying club.
Clint.
I did some PPL flying out of there in 1976-8. I have seen this picture before.
I think it was on the wall of the flying club.
Clint.
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