Which Aerodrome Mk II

[olympus]

Not Polebrook nor Ridgewell.

[ZH875]

Steeple Morden OH if correct

[olympus]

Steeple Morden it is.

Here is another view of the tower on a nicer day:-



Can anyone identify the aircraft in the circuit?

This is the rather splendid memorial at Steeple Morden:-



ZH875 has declared Open House.

[fustall]

Aircraft in the picture is a Mosquito.

Looks like a 'thimble nose' one(radar)?

[India Four Two]

Sorry for the small size:

[olympus]

...Africa?

[India Four Two]

Not Africa.

[spook]

Early Larnaca?

[scotbill]

or Nicosia?

[India Four Two]

Larnaca it is. The picture is from a BBC web page about a botched hostage rescue attempt by Egyptian special forces in 1978, that ended up in a gun battle with Cypriot security forces:

BBC ON THIS DAY | 19 | 1978: Egyptian forces die in Cyprus gunfight

spook has control.

[Duckbutt]

Hope you won't feel offended Spook but as it's been nearly 48 hours now, just to keep things moving:

[India Four Two]

Good move, Duckbutt. I was beginning to think I had killed the thread!

I'll start the ball rolling. Two Caudron GIIIs and a Spad (S VII?), so somewhere in France?

Correction: perhaps an S VIII?

[Duckbutt]

Not France Mr India.

[Mr_Grubby]

Ruffy-Bauman School, Acton Aerodrome.

C.

[Duckbutt]

That's the one Mr Grubby, over to you.

[Mr_Grubby]

Here we go !!

C.

[Corsairoz]

Stoney Cross?


C

[Mr_Grubby]

Corsairoz.

No sorry.

C.

[ZH875]

That be RAF Hixon home of 30 OTU.

OH - (if correct) as nothing suitable handy.

[Duckbutt]

How about Hixon?