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Old 14th Dec 2009, 05:37
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Given that in 1978 G-AWUW was in the ownership of peeps from RAF Swanton Morley and then Norfolk I would say........ I still haven't a clue really.... Great Yarmouth springs to mind with the Reds in the picture.
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Clacton? DH
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It's got to be, Shirley. Clacton as per DH.
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DH has it. The Arrows were displaying over Clacton Pier.
Handsfree, the source of your registration had not quite caught up.
UW was purchased from Norfolk and Norwich in 1978 by Red Fir Aviation having been painted red white and blue to celebrate Jubilee year 1977. Red Fir was the local reporting point on Red One.
The roofline of Butlins Holiday Camp can be seen in the photo.
6000 happy souls a week were incarcerated in there in any one week in the summer months.
Some managed to break out and come for a flight around the pier.
The camp was demolished some time ago and given way to a housing estate.
Over to you DH and Happy Christmas everybody
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Thanks OBP. You'll be pleased to hear that REDFA is still alive and well as a reporting point between London and Amsterdam FIR's!

Here's the next challenge.....

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It's got a certain 'Hawaii' feeling about it.
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Old 15th Dec 2009, 05:02
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Seagull - Umm, Hawaii or Northern Australia
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Old 15th Dec 2009, 07:06
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G'Day Minim,

The hills reminded me of those around the back of Wheeler, not too sure about anywhere in Oz - not enough flies or crocs in the pic.
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Good Morning (afternoon to you guy's),

Sorry, but it's neither Hawaii or Oz.

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More like - Africa -?
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Not Africa descol. DH
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Old 15th Dec 2009, 15:31
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Heavylift Belfast - Manila ?
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It is a Heavylift Belfast, but not in Manila. Your first guess was geographically closer, descol.
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Old 15th Dec 2009, 16:40
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Buildings maybe Old Dutch - Indonesia ?
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Ascension Island ?

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It's not Indonesia,

or Ascension - although that's more along the right kind of lines.

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Old 15th Dec 2009, 22:54
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South America. Colombia ?
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Port Stanley, Falklands?
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It's not Colombia (or South America), nor Stanley FI.

Clue time - The airfield was built by the USAAF, but the military soon moved elsewhere in this autonomous region of it's mother country.

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The clues suggest something like Diego Garcia. ?
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