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Here is a read only link to the Aerodrome Database - WhichAerodrome.xlsx. Up to date as of 1/5/2019. Catching up slowly - up to May 2019 now (Mar 2020).

Here are some "rules" for Which Aerodrome. These are based upon the original suggestions from the very first thread, and have a few additions. Also please be patient as when you are active others may be asleep.

A historic picture of an aerodrome will be posted. Newer pictures are allowed but the theme here is to compare/contrast old with new as well as identifying aerodromes which no longer exist.
The person who correctly identifies it will be declared the 'winner' by the original poster.
That winner shall either post another challenge or declare the floor open. Anyone may then post the next challenge.
If the winner of the challenge does not respond to the notification of their success within 48 hours, an Open house can be declared when there is consensus between multiple other posters which are on line.
When the poster of a challenge does not respond within 48 hours of a posted answer, this poster can be declared winner if the answer is considered correct in a consensus of multiple other posters.
If Open House is declared, regular posters should not jump in immediately, but time should be given for those who are not great at naming the correct location as they may have some good images.
There will only be one challenge running at a time.
Try to use elderly photos and not Google Earth, Zoom Earth or any other search engine, pics
Try to post images that are not already present on internet, as Google Image Search will find them if they are.
Personal photos are acceptable as they show the aerodrome as it is now.
When confirming the correct location, the location and winner should be stated to negate any deletion of posts.
Please don't delete your posts, let everyone see your successes, failures and challenges.

Anyone can edit it so long as they have been here for 90 days with 90 posts. Let's get consensus before changing and not go crazy

Thanks to Self Loading Bear for suggesting that we use a wiki. Which Aerodrome I Which Aerodrome II nvubu.

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20th Mar 2017, 18:54

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Looks like St Mawgam but that's a lot more developed these days

20th Mar 2017, 19:16

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Same neck of the woods? Dunkerswell?

20th Mar 2017, 19:46

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The topography definitely has a West Country flavour. The closest I can find is Predannack, but not the same as Jenkins photo.

20th Mar 2017, 22:00

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I'm pretty sure this is another shot of the same place but still can't nail it....................

20th Mar 2017, 22:09

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Swansea Fairwood Common I think

Open House if correct.................

21st Mar 2017, 08:08

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If you delete the original photo from your PPrune album on here the picture disapears from the post

23rd Mar 2017, 13:01

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As it's Open House

23rd Mar 2017, 17:57

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interesting railway layout bottom left......

23rd Mar 2017, 20:48

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Somewhere in Germany I presume.

23rd Mar 2017, 22:29

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Date is 4th or 6th June 1944

24th Mar 2017, 00:15

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D-day softening up? Somewhere in France?

24th Mar 2017, 07:51

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France it is.

24th Mar 2017, 08:09

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If this site was bombed by the USAAF 8th Air Force, the bomb craters visible on the lower right corner of the photograph are mute testimony to the acclaimed "pickle barrel" accuracy of the Norden Bombsight...otherwise the craters are perhaps the results of RAF night time sorties...

24th Mar 2017, 09:43

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This image is of B-24 Liberators of the USAAF 8th Air Force.

24th Mar 2017, 10:26

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Please point out the position of the B-24 bombers. Thank you.

24th Mar 2017, 12:28

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Hmmm - not many old bomb craters here so unlikely to be Pas de Calais or near a major target like Cherbourg, Brest or Le Havre -

I'm guessing somewhere in south- eastern Normandy but well back from the coast

24th Mar 2017, 12:43

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Kewbick - This image is taken from B-24 Liberators of the USAAF 8th Air Force. Any better ?

HH - it isn't Normandy - further South

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24th Mar 2017, 13:18

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Angers Loire?

OH if correct

24th Mar 2017, 13:27

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It isn't Angers Loire.

You are still a little bit too far north.

Airfield doesn't seem to have changed much from 1944.

24th Mar 2017, 15:13

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If it was south of Angers I can only think they wanted to keep them as far away from DDay as possible... or maybe they were supposed to bomb Caen but went walkabout................