Anyone help with a bit of airfield knowledge?

[mobydog]

Trying to get a painting finished for a client. Need to know what the indicated features are but more importantly
any colour information. Depicting a Balliol climbing out of this airfield.

Thanks in advance

Moby

[gatwick ghost]

Wolverhampton

Is this Wolverhampton Pendeford ? Remember seeing a Beverley landing here for an air display in then late 60's.

[mobydog]

Yes. And here is a photo of that very event!

[Fareastdriver]

climbing frame

Judging by building 3 that'a a bit tall for that. I get the impression that 1 and 2 are a 25-yard shooting range.
Aldergrove's shooting range was ajacent to the sports field so that one could be as well.

[DaveReidUK]

Is this Wolverhampton Pendeford ?

Yes.



The History of Pendeford

[Democritus]

Originally Posted by Fareastdriver

Judging by building 3 that'a a bit tall for that. I get the impression that 1 and 2 are a 25-yard shooting range.
Aldergrove's shooting range was ajacent to the sports field so that one could be as well.

Bit of thread drift - my logbook reminds me that it was on 18 April 1969 that I called in to Wolverhampton Pendeford in my trusty hired Bell 47 helicopter for a refuel. On doing the subsequent pre-flight I found that a .22 round or similar had left a slightly ragged hole right through one of the tail rotor blades. Nothing to do with a range on the airfield - bearing in mind the speed of revolution of the tail rotor I'm sure it was an extremely unlucky shot we picked up from some nutter on the previous sector.

Back on topic - is 3 perhaps an old air raid shelter - possibly blast walls at either end?

[India Four Two]

I think Democritus is right about number 3 being an air-raid shelter.

Whatever 1 and 2 were, I was surprised to discover that the foundations still exist!

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=googl...ngdom&t=m&z=16

Aldergrove's shooting range was ajacent to the sports field so that one could be as well.

FED,

Nice try, but between 1 & 2 and the sports ground is the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal

[chevvron]

Small arms (25 yd) ranges on RAF airfields were usually adapted from the butts used to 'zero' the guns on fighters, so I'm a bit dubious that a manufacturers (Boulton & Paul) airfield with an EFTS should have one, especially as the only armed aircraft produced during the war didn't have forward facing guns (Defiant), but I can't see what else it might be! I bet the occupants of those houses just across the canal really appreciated that.

[papajuliet]

Put this on the Airfield Information Exchange site - you'll soon get a detailed response.

[Warmtoast]

Mobydog

Yes. And here is a photo of that very event!

Same aircraft photographed by me at Gan in February 1958.

[joy ride]

I like that photo of the Beverley approaching over houses and trees; to misquote The Hitch hiker's Guide to The Galaxy, a Beverley seems to hang in the air air in much the same way as a brick doesn't.

[India Four Two]

Gan to Pendeford - what a contrast.

4900 nm. 33 hours as the Beverley flies