6th Jan 2024, 07:24 - Wikipost
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Which Aerodrome Mk IV
Lhasa Gonggar it is! Well done Bear
It's far drier than I thought - every picture shows its really a desert up there
It's far drier than I thought - every picture shows its really a desert up there
Strange, looks like a Belfast Truss hangar with perimeter track widened and re-inforced to become a taxiway using square mesh tracking so probably a grass airfield with re-inforcement where they turn off and park; Spitfires have 4 blade props and some are clipped wing; what may be an Anson in the distance.
Kenley?
Kenley?
Last edited by chevvron; 5th Apr 2023 at 11:35.
Right at the back is a big radial - looks rather like a Harvard to me
the shadows are almost exactly under the aircraft - hardly any sun angle at all - its clearly warm - not sure that this is in the UK - maybe further south?
Actually looking at the aircrew shadow it looks like the sun angle must be about 70 degrees= the max angle in the UK is 63 degrees in mid June
That suggests S/C France, N italy - or south of that
the shadows are almost exactly under the aircraft - hardly any sun angle at all - its clearly warm - not sure that this is in the UK - maybe further south?
Actually looking at the aircrew shadow it looks like the sun angle must be about 70 degrees= the max angle in the UK is 63 degrees in mid June
That suggests S/C France, N italy - or south of that
Indeed Not UK.
if you can recognize the Harvard you should be able to spot a clue in that photo as well.
I have this photo as being taken on samen field.
I hope I am not mistaken.
if you can recognize the Harvard you should be able to spot a clue in that photo as well.
I have this photo as being taken on samen field.
I hope I am not mistaken.
Maybe the same airfield but 5 - 10 years earlier going by the airship.
It could be a Zepp possibly pre 1933 as I can't see a swastika on it, I'm not too well up on airships, but the airfield is possibly Germany.
My previous comment at #2283 has been amended.
It could be a Zepp possibly pre 1933 as I can't see a swastika on it, I'm not too well up on airships, but the airfield is possibly Germany.
My previous comment at #2283 has been amended.
Well.... the nose cabin looks like a Zeppelin - not a Hindenburg class but earlier - and as chevvron says no swastika so 1920's/early 30's looks good if it IS German.
Blowing up the second picture and giving it some computer "enhancement" the banner on the side of the central hangar looks like "Xaero" or maybe "Aero" - oddly there is a current Exxaero https://www.exxaero.com/en based in the Netherlands. Doubt there is a connection but................... it does look pretty flat.
Above the main hangar it looks as if either something has been overpainted or our eminent ursine colleague has erased something - there is a large "S" just visible but the other letters I can't extract. Could be the name of the place, the owners of the hangar or just an advert.
Blowing up the second picture and giving it some computer "enhancement" the banner on the side of the central hangar looks like "Xaero" or maybe "Aero" - oddly there is a current Exxaero https://www.exxaero.com/en based in the Netherlands. Doubt there is a connection but................... it does look pretty flat.
Above the main hangar it looks as if either something has been overpainted or our eminent ursine colleague has erased something - there is a large "S" just visible but the other letters I can't extract. Could be the name of the place, the owners of the hangar or just an advert.
You know - I can't see any RAF roundels! the aircraft front right has a squarish thing on the wing and the taxiing plane has what may be a
the top of square rather than a roundel just visible over the wing.
Could be we're looking at a Polish Squadron?
131 Group operated in France and the Benelux post Overlord
the top of square rather than a roundel just visible over the wing.
Could be we're looking at a Polish Squadron?
131 Group operated in France and the Benelux post Overlord
Polish aircraft had the square on the fuselage as well as roundels; there is a roundel on the one on the left parked outside the hangar undergoing maintenance.
I can't see any 'invasion stripes' but I think they were painted out sometime after D Day weren't they?
I can't see any 'invasion stripes' but I think they were painted out sometime after D Day weren't they?
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The truck doesn't look British. Looks more like a deuce and a half. I am thinking it may be a Canadian squadron which suggests Italy. Plenty of airships there pre-war. A stab in the dark at Treviso.
https://www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/ar...on-stripes.php
There is 15 years in between the first two photos. There are no square roundels.
the banner is from an avgas company (likewise the poor attempt of Van Gogh to paint out the other avgas company name on the roof)
the banner is from an avgas company (likewise the poor attempt of Van Gogh to paint out the other avgas company name on the roof)
But it is not Trevisio and not Italy.
My best guess on the truck is a Canadian CMP 15 CWT.
But do not take that as a clue.
"an avgas company"
Hmm - Bear, flat scenery, letter S.... just who could that be..........
perhaps Koninklijke Nederlandse Petroleum Maatschappi??
Hmm - Bear, flat scenery, letter S.... just who could that be..........
perhaps Koninklijke Nederlandse Petroleum Maatschappi??
and so much for my sun angle calculations!! 
That's a pretty small picture but blowing it up it could be R2D2 or its a gun turret............
That's a pretty small picture but blowing it up it could be R2D2 or its a gun turret............
that turrety thing actually looks like its on the grass - is it some sort of Memorial Stone?
Is this airfield still in use Bear?
Is this airfield still in use Bear?
