OK maybe I DO have a challenge - rather hard I think. Pics taken 55 years ago.
http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/airp52a.jpg http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/airp52b.jpg |
seacue's challenge
Second photograph, is that a tail-fin from a B24 Liberator?
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No, Mel, from a B-25, taken by me in an earlier life.
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I was guessing at a B24 too, no idea of the field...
Somewhere in Canada? |
Not Canada. It's in the USA, New England state.
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seacue's challenge
Westover Air Force Base, MA perhaps?
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Mel, You are much closer. Right state. Mixed civilian / military now, I think. Certainly at least partly civilian these days.
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seacue's challenge
Laurence G Hanscom Field Bedford-Hanscom MA perhaps?
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Bingo! Mel has it. KBED it is. My ultimate hint would have been "The British are coming!" since KBED is between Lexington and Concord, close to the route Paul Revere took some years ago. The towns of Lincoln and the namesake Bedford are also close.
The floor is Mel's. |
Next Challenge
Thanks seacue, did you fly the Mitchell B25 from there or from some other location?
I am sure this one will not be a problem. http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...ortquiz011.jpg Mel |
Mel, I was a passenger. I was assigned to the USAF Cambridge Research Center and we had the B25 on our project. The plane was based at Bedford.
My assignment to AFCRC was a wonderful experience for a new BS in EE and 2nd Lt since I didn't expect to make the service my career. My direct boss was one of "our" Germans who later became Comsat's VP of Engineering. seacue |
Mel's Challenge
No takers, this one is not that far from seacue's last "which airport".
Mel |
Mel,
Read your PM. I won't reveal the answer, thus others can participate in your challenge. BTW, there is a very good image of the field on Google Earth. seacue |
Mel's Challenge
Seacue
That is the one. Mel |
No Other Players
No other players so I will reveal all.
Mel's challenge is KBDL, Bradley International serving Hartford and Springfield. Since Mel tells me I am correct, here is the next challenge, rather wetter than most: http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/239B0233.JPG |
Foynes seaplane base?
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Foynes was my immediate thought, but then it looks a little too warm for Ireland?
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Looks a little too warm for Botwood also. :)
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Not the seaplane bases guessed so far.
You are not close. |
The Azores someplace?
If that's correct, open the floor. I'm going beddy-bye. :zzz: |
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