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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.
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  • 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.
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Old 16th Feb 2020, 10:52
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You have been looking in the wrong locations.

Geometrical structures are agricultural - mostly still present today.

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Old 16th Feb 2020, 10:59
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Korea....the ladder things may be fish farms?
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Old 16th Feb 2020, 11:06
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China ,or India.....?
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Old 16th Feb 2020, 11:20
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Not in Korea, China or India.
I don;t think they are fish farms (at least not all of them). Looking at them today on street view/Google Maps - I see some green houses, fields with/without crops, and the fields are still quite small.
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Old 16th Feb 2020, 11:23
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If it's on street view are we in the USA ?
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Old 16th Feb 2020, 11:55
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How about Japan?
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Old 16th Feb 2020, 12:05
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I thought Thailand maybe.............
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Old 16th Feb 2020, 12:41
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I think a sherry before lunch. . . . . .
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Old 16th Feb 2020, 13:00
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India 42 has narrowed down the target country correctly, and Auxtank's suggestion has much merit.

The fields look like they are for rice - didn't want to say that in my previous though

This image is from WW2, and the US was based here after the conflict..

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Old 16th Feb 2020, 13:32
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Is it Kanoya ?
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Old 16th Feb 2020, 13:38
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Not Kanoya

This airfield no longer exists.
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Old 16th Feb 2020, 15:32
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Mainland Japan ?

edit: Fushimi area ?

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Old 16th Feb 2020, 16:09
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Possibly Chimu?
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Old 16th Feb 2020, 16:27
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If I take the definition according to Wikipedia - yes it is on Mainland Japan,

ETA - Auxtank, so that would be a no

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Old 16th Feb 2020, 16:29
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If it's not the Fushimi area then a little north around Kyoto ?
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Old 16th Feb 2020, 16:56
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nvubu - is there still anything to see on the ground in GE? - or has it become the inevitable golf course.
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Old 16th Feb 2020, 17:51
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Neither of those two areas dook.

Auxtank - It's done the reverse as it was built as a golf course, and then became an airfield.

Here is the zoomed out version of the first image I posted:


You can sort of see a golf course If you look at the airfield knowing that is what it was. The original club house is still around, and is in the middle of the marked region, which is thought to be an aircraft manufacturing facility.

The airfield itself is an industrial estate and the only remaining structure might be a couple of car parks at either end of the runway - or maybe the ramp..

One more clue to come and one more picture - the picture is a give away.
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Old 16th Feb 2020, 18:08
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Fujisawa ?
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Old 16th Feb 2020, 18:10
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Originally Posted by nvubu

One more clue to come and one more picture - the picture is a give away.

In the words of Gladiator Maximus; Not yet nvubu. . . not yet!

I think we are somewhere near where it it got very, very hot for a few hours in '45 ...
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Old 16th Feb 2020, 18:31
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Auxtank - too much information given already as dook has pounced with Fujisawa Airfield it is. dook now has control.

My last clue of "There is a link to Gary Powers" nor was the image, which shows the coastline.


Here's a link that details some of the history of Fujisawa Airfield.
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