Which Aerodrome Mk II

[evansb]

Toncontin, Honduras ?

[Duckbutt]

Evansb has it, Toncontin Honduras. Over to you.

Con, it was taken in July 2009 when troops blocked the runway to prevent the overthrown President from landing. See Ousted Honduras president defiant after airport blockade | News

[evansb]

Thanks Db. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:

[Mr_Grubby]

RAF Honington ??

C.

[chevvron]

Lack of guns in the nose turrets might indicate an OCU so how about Harwell?

[SMOKEON]

R.A.F. Stradishall. August, 1939. No.75 (New Zealand) Squadron.
Smokeon.
Open House, if correct.

[zetec2]

Aerodrome ?

Waddington at a guess, OH if correct, PH.

[Old Bald Pilot]

I'll add Hemswell to the list.

[evansb]

No correct sites so far, but yes, it was taken in 1939, and the aircraft were operated by New Zealanders. Also note that the hangars still stand to this day.

[evansb]

SMOKEON may be correct as one source says RAF Stradishall, and another source says RAF Feltwell. Feltwell's hangars still stand, and have trees in similar locations as the photo. As I cannot confirm it, I also declare an OPEN HOUSE.

[Mr_Grubby]

So open house.

Not much to offer I'm afraid. This might be a bit obscure. Lots of mud. Airframe should be easy to identify. Well documented airfield.

C.

[sidtheesexist]

Re previous photo: as soon as I saw it I thought Feltell in Norfolk which I've visited (as with Stradishall). The Wellingtons are early Mk 1s without the Fraser Nash(?) rotating, hydraulically powered, twin browning turrets which were later standard. The early mk 1s had a single, hand held vickers I think....

[barry lloyd]

Looks like an IL-14 that's force-landed in a farmer's field!
Since they didn't come to the west very often, and when they did they used conventional airfields, I'm assuming the field is in Eastern Europe? Poland?

[RegDep]

Allow me to call it Il-12 and place it somewhere in China or Korea. That would, at least, allow even more mud, both in the temporal and spatial sense. Well, that id could place it to Vladivostok, too.

[Mr_Grubby]

Gentlemen.

No, not Poland or Vladivostok. But I'm led to believe it is a Il-14

Here is another picture of the mud.



Clint.

[SMOKEON]

Tolmachevo Airport. Could be an IL-12 or IL14.
Open House if correct.
smokeon.

[Jn14:6]

That's an IL-12 in the second photo - different fin from the IL-14.
No idea where though!

[Mr_Grubby]

Yes Smokeon, Tolmachevo, Well done.

A couple of more pics in the mud. Then a photo of the place when they discovered concreat in the '50's.

You have control.

Clint.

[RegDep]

Any objections if I maintain it is an Il-12 (see the exhausts). Or would that go to another thread

[SMOKEON]

OPEN HOUSE
Smokeon.