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evansb 7th Nov 2008 17:39

Sorry, none of those bases. The city and region is still in conflict. The base was the site of the RAF's first involvement with moving large numbers of troops by air.

AfgAirOps 7th Nov 2008 19:18

Kirkuk?

Rgds
AAO

evansb 7th Nov 2008 21:55

Kirkuk is spot on:ok: AAO has control.

AfgAirOps 8th Nov 2008 04:04

Thanks.

The next one;

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...tts/where2.jpg

Rgds
AAO

AfgAirOps 9th Nov 2008 15:53

Thought someone would've had a go by now.......

Still an active airfield although not operated by the 'organisation' which originally built it. Close to the site of an infamous early 1900s shipwreck.

Rgds
AAO

chevvron 10th Nov 2008 08:40

What shipwreck?

Bigt 10th Nov 2008 09:04

The Baron Inverdale was wrecked on the coast of Masirah in 1904.....will the loss of all hands

AfgAirOps 10th Nov 2008 13:14

Jenkins is correct so, Open House.

gds
AAO

evansb 10th Nov 2008 16:30

Here is the next "Which Aerodrome?":
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r.../WAD081110.jpg

AfgAirOps 10th Nov 2008 16:44

Wild guess......

Kunsan?

Rgds
AAO

evansb 10th Nov 2008 16:51

Sorry, not Kunsan, South Korea.

RETDPI 10th Nov 2008 17:05

Shooting totally from the hip,
Labuan?

AfgAirOps 10th Nov 2008 17:24

Is it one of the K- bases?

Rgds
AAO

KeMac 10th Nov 2008 18:13

Butterworth

evansb 10th Nov 2008 21:43

RETDPI is correct:ok: Again! The aircraft are RAAF Sabres at Labuan Borneo. (Lapangan Terbang Labuan, Sabah, Malaysia). You have control.

RETDPI 11th Nov 2008 07:15

Thanks evansb It was a close call with Butterworth.
As today is the 11th .
A wartime scene......

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...rfield0001.jpg

The Real Slim Shady 11th Nov 2008 14:52

Looking south / southwest given the position of the sun. Runway in the background aligned east / west or southeast / northwest.

Variety of types including a glider by the looks of things and Typhoons.

Market Garden springs to mind so probably somewhere in East Anglia.

evansb 11th Nov 2008 15:56

Maupertus, France?

RETDPI 11th Nov 2008 16:11

Not in France , As far as I am aware.

evansb 11th Nov 2008 20:35

RAF Charmy Down near Bath, England ?

KeMac 11th Nov 2008 20:41

Ramsbury at a very rough guess but it could be any one of a number

sycamore 11th Nov 2008 21:02

Somewhere in Wiltshire ?

evansb 11th Nov 2008 21:10

Can I change my guess to RAF Chilbolton ?

RETDPI 12th Nov 2008 04:58

You guys are getting warmer and warmer.
This is another shot from the same era at this place.

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...afield0001.jpg

KeMac 12th Nov 2008 06:08

Greenham Common

RETDPI 12th Nov 2008 06:30

Greenham Common would have been occupied by the U.S.A.A.F. at the time these images were taken.

The Real Slim Shady 12th Nov 2008 09:48

Is it Coltishall?

RETDPI 12th Nov 2008 09:56

The station in question is closer to Greenham than Colt.

chevvron 12th Nov 2008 10:48

Looking at the tiffys in pieces, how about Langley?

RETDPI 12th Nov 2008 11:23

There is a clue in the presence of the other types parked around as well in various stages of undress.
No not Langley.

Speedbird48 12th Nov 2008 12:15

It looks a lot like an MU given all the various makes models and marks in between.

Lyneham, Aston Down, etc.

If so I must call "Open House" as I am travelling in the colonies!!

Speedbird 48.

sidtheesexist 12th Nov 2008 12:54

White Waltham per chance?

KeMac 12th Nov 2008 13:09

Tarrant Rushton

Flap40 12th Nov 2008 14:54

How about Ford?

RETDPI 12th Nov 2008 15:53

None of those so far...
You guys are getting me worried :)
This base has not been noted before..................






Wokka ....Wokka.....Wokka......... :)

MReyn24050 12th Nov 2008 16:02

"Wokka, Wokka" would suggest RAF Odiham but that must be much too obvious
Mel

sidtheesexist 12th Nov 2008 16:41

Benson.........

Flap40 12th Nov 2008 17:06

Weston Super Mare?

chevvron 12th Nov 2008 17:18

Looking at the architecture of that building top left, I'm inclined to guess Germany - Gutersloh? (I think 18 Sqdn used to be based there and they've got wokka machines.)

RETDPI 12th Nov 2008 18:03

Mel!!!
Welcome back!
I was getting worried as we haven't heard from you for a while.
It's Odiham,
Post D-Day when it was an aircraft repair and support depot.
You have control :) : )


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