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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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Old 16th Feb 2012, 15:11
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RAF Baghdad aka RAF Hinaidi aka RAF Hinaida
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Old 16th Feb 2012, 17:12
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It sure is RAF Hinaida - near Baghdad - vacated by the RAF in 1941 - renamed Rashid Airfield in honour of Iraqui PM and then used against the RAF
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Old 16th Feb 2012, 19:46
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evansb got it first so I'll defer to him.
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Old 16th Feb 2012, 23:08
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Thank you. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:

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Old 16th Feb 2012, 23:14
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PNW?

..and a few words
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Old 16th Feb 2012, 23:15
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Stanley airfield, Nova Scotia...I think. Has been many years since I was out that way...

OH if correct.
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Old 17th Feb 2012, 11:53
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Gordy is correct. Stanley, Nova Scotia was a BCATP aerodrome of yore.
The airfield hosts Canada's largest annual fly-in.

As requested, it is OPEN HOUSE.
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Old 17th Feb 2012, 18:39
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Lets see how you do with this aerodrome



Let me know if you want or need a photo outside
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Old 17th Feb 2012, 20:57
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I'll take a stab at Woodvale (or somewhere very like it!).
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Old 17th Feb 2012, 21:09
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Not RAF Woodvale, and not in the UK
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Old 17th Feb 2012, 21:15
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Well, I did say a stab... So, those aren't sand dunes of the type we're familiar with here, then...

Cue the experts, who will work it out from the type of 'Aldis' lamp (using name generically, before someone points out that it's not one!).
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Old 17th Feb 2012, 21:33
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No sand dunes anywhere I can see, although those might well be some sort of palm trees out of the left hand window on the far side of the runway.
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Old 17th Feb 2012, 22:08
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Judjing by the tea chest architecture: Nanyuki (or Nyeri) 1951?
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Old 17th Feb 2012, 22:17
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Not Kenya, or Africa.

1943 - same year it was completed
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Old 17th Feb 2012, 22:33
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Here's another view

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Old 18th Feb 2012, 10:54
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Timezone is UTC-5. Time of the first photo is shown here.



The 2nd photo (10 days after the 1st one) looks to be around the same time - or an hour or so earlier.

Photos taken in December 1943, 2nd one looking east.
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Old 18th Feb 2012, 21:58
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B-25's in the photo?
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Old 18th Feb 2012, 23:36
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Atterbury-Bakalar airfield, Indiana ?
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Old 19th Feb 2012, 08:44
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Not in the USA, but it is in country that was allied to the USA, and the airfield was named after the President of that Country - but it isn't named that now.

Used for Anti-submarine patrols and as a training airfield for B29s. At the end of the war the US withdrew and handed the facility over the host government.

I was wrong in one of my previous posts - it was built in 1942 not 1943.
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Old 19th Feb 2012, 10:11
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San Antonio de los Baņos Airfield,Cuba.
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