Thanks SH.

I don't think this rather battered airfield has appeared before...

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...airfield42.jpg

Time for a clue...

This airfield changed hands (several times?) during the war and today is a major international airport.

North Africa?

Yes.......

Benghazi ..... ?

And the name of the airfield is...?

Benghazi Benina International Airport
RAF Benina

That's the one!:ok:

Over to you.

Thank you Olympus. Do you know was the airfield called by the Luftwaffe as I couldn't find that?

Here's the next mystery airfield
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/.../20120620A.jpg

Blimey that's not much of an airfield (min 10,000 x 150 ft Full length taxiway and bothways ILS please) Is that a formation takeoff, a runway incursion or an "Exercise Fire Fire Fire !" ? At least it's into wind. All :). Working on it. LFH

nvubu

My source for the photo was 'Wings Over North Africa' by AVM Dudgeon. The caption to the photo refers to the recent capture of Benina airfield from the Italians who had left a number of damaged aircraft among the burnt-out hangars and pitted roads.

I would assume that the Luftwaffe knew it as Benina as well.

I was under the impression that challenges should be obtained from the Web rather than an individual's private library. Little wonder it was difficult to track down without the clues,even though I had checked Benina!

As originator of Mk I of this thread, I certainly didn't / don't feel that challenges ought to be based on pictures available from Web sites. Using Web images encourages people to win by letting Google Images do the searching.

Source material ?
 

As a newcomer to Which Aerodrome, I was certainly under the impression that photos were acceptable from any source including private, on the basis of "If its an aerodrome – its an aerodrome " - unless you prefer to call it an airfield, or if there are not enough clues to identify a deceased aerodrome.

The only specific limitation I've seen was to edit out commercial references, though I saw a reasonable exhortation – not to post endless google earth overhead pictures.

I thoroughly enjoy the chase even though I rarely succeed and I wouldn't want to see excellent photos excluded because they were (or were not) not from a specific media source. I certainly hope to find the odd one or two from my own personal snaps or books.

So I wondered what led Tacklebury to make the comment he did – and I wondered if it was in reference to a particular picture.

It first occurred to me that it might have been my remark above - referring to the old Argosy "Blimey that's not much of an airfield ...." If I gave the impression from my remark that I was criticising that or any other challenge, I apologise profusely. Nothing could be further from the truth - I think that's a smashing challenge and even though I'm unlikely to get the answer, it won't stop me looking. Its just that in the olden days I was aeronautically predisposed to need 10,000 ft of concrete etc.

I did eventually realise that Mr T was referring to Benina – a photo apparently taken from a book.

Then I looked up my crib for posting pictures – culled from various PPRuNe sources and found the first sentence I'd copied -

"To post a picture on PPRuNe, it has to be on a website already - whether your own or someone else's. If it's not, all is not lost ...... "

So I wondered if the phrase I underlined above had been accidentally misinterpreted by Tacklebury - I read that instruction to mean – "you can't copy and paste a picture directly onto PPRuNe - you have to supply a website link" which can include – in my case, placing my challenge (from whatever source) in my own secured Photobucket album and following the instructions for posting the link on PPRuNe.

That is to say, I don't see any restriction that requires a Which Aerodrome challenge to be taken exclusively from the internet, nor do I see any restriction that specifically or even indirectly excludes private photos or stuff from books and the like. Respectfully, LFH

Apologies for starting a "knife fight in a phone booth", that really was not my intention. This is a first class Thread, with great contributions from all participants, no matter what source from whence they came.
Once again,apologies to all concerned, and thanks to Seacue and LFH for their responses.
Back to nuvbu's bucolic challenge!

To clear this up - this airfield image is also from a book. :ok:

Very obviously so,nvubu!

I find that when posting an image already on the web, that a certain person has a seemingly encylopedic knowledge of all existing pictures, and gets it first time :ok:

Time for a clue or two.

It has a very interesting history.

At the time of this image, the airfield was a private concern, although it was taken over by the RAF during WWII - although you may not find it on some lists as such.

It is not used for flying today, but it is in regular use for other activities.

To assist LFH :D, I think the grass runways were approx 3500' & 2500' running approx N/S & E/W (measurements by GE). Any Help? :ok:

If these don't help, more clues later tonight

Not Ratcliffe

Woburn Abbey?