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Old 9th May 2019, 17:55
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Old Duxford? Drove past Old Serum ce matin.
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Old 9th May 2019, 18:17
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Duxford is too far north J.
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Old 9th May 2019, 18:49
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Hendon then?
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Old 9th May 2019, 18:55
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Getting closer.
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Old 10th May 2019, 06:46
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It's got aspects of Stonehenge but the wooded are doesn't quite fit.

Hmmm.
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Old 10th May 2019, 08:49
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Good morning gentlemen.

This airfield is south of Duxford and Hendon and east of Old Sarum and Stonehenge.

edit: it is now an industrial site but the runway is still just visible on GE.

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Old 10th May 2019, 11:03
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RAF Andover,,..? OH if correct..
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That would be my next guess; not too many arifelds I know of with Belfast Truss hangars.
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Old 10th May 2019, 12:53
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Next thought was Woodley...
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Old 10th May 2019, 13:01
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We still need to go east.

Big clue shortly.
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Old 10th May 2019, 13:38
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Lympne (Ashford).
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Old 10th May 2019, 13:48
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Cows get the hit at last - Lympne.
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Old 10th May 2019, 14:41
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Look closely and you'll see a control tower. Jack is some distance from his natural habitat.

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Old 10th May 2019, 15:16
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Is it still active ?

Trying to decipher Jack.
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Old 10th May 2019, 15:31
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I would take Jack to refer to the Navy and the tower design does look Naval.
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Old 10th May 2019, 17:04
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Now that you mention it, it does.

However, I don't think it's UK.
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No longer active but in a clutch of active airfields. The tower still has a use though. From another angle.

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Old 10th May 2019, 20:00
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Are we in the UK after all and is the tower now a B&B or holiday let ?
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The tower looks like the one at Fearn.
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We are in the UK. This is clearly beyond the wit of man.
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