Last wild guess - Lyon-Bron. Its the only other French destination shown on the Croydon timetable of 1931. Otherwise completely flummoxed. OH if correct. LFH

Not Lyon-Bron,LordFlashheart. This was a military (Training) airfield with a small a civilian aeroclub.Opened in 1911 and still extant in 1962. No connection with Croydon. Exact photograph is on the web.

Airfield Saran (Aérodrome de Saran, also known as Aérodrome de Orleans-Saran or Saran Army Air Field)

OH if correct as off to work for the night.

Well done,SilentHandover.
It is indeed Orleans-Sagan airfield.

"Silent Handovers" were always the best sort! Have a good night duty.
Open House is declared by SH.

Try this one -

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/4816/100xt.jpg

Wig Bay, ex flying boat MU.

OH if correct.

Wig Bay it is :ok:

Not on the list.http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/q...g?t=1320079177

Thorpe Abbots?

Sorry - not Thorpe Abbots.

Upottery,3nm NE Dunkeswell..; OH if correct..

Sycamore has it. Upottery - departure point for large numbers of airborne troops on D Day. OH it is.

And here?

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ler/Puzz54.jpg

Update of List up to and including 31/Oct/2011
 

List of challenges updated.
Mel

Appreciate your efforts, Mel

This airfield has been rendered obsolete by another one built to the south west.

How about Pearls,Grenada W.I.?

Pearls, Grenada it is Soddit. Over to you.

Duckbutt

We used in the early 90's on the, Caledonian (not Bcal) DC10, to have a week standover in Grenada.

I remember visiting a small airfield, much like the one in your challenge, on which was "parked" an AN2 which had arrived some years (possibly more than 10) earlier with some Cuban? troops.

I believe Castro was attempting to support a revolution in Grenada but that it fizzled out with the arrival of the Americans shortly after.

Your challenge reminded me of that day and crawling around the AN2 which was in surprisingly good condition.

I wonder if it is the same airfield?

Many thanks.So long since I got one I've forgotten how to post the next challenge. This may need more than one edit. Finncapt - indeed there WAS a "revolution" by the marxist government of Maurice Bishop.

Surprisingly I cannot find this on the list. It should not tax the assembled experts.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...s/File0006.jpg

Yes that would almost certainly be the place, Finncapt. The AN2 together with an AN24 were left stranded there in 1983 when the USMC used Pearl's as a staging post during the 1983 invasion. Pics of both these aircraft in a servicable condition at the time of the invasion can be found at:

TogetherWeServed - Cpl William Thompson IV

They remain to this day but to say the least, they are somewhat more 'shop soiled' now, 2007 pics at:

Panoramio - Photo of pearls airport,grenada.

Duckbutt

Thanks for those links.

Pearls Airport AN-2
 

Interesting that the "Cuban" AN-2 is in Aeroflot markings.

http://marinephotos.togetherweserved.com/9460.jpg

Yes, I thought that, but I seem to remember it was definitely the Cubans who invaded.

I expect google has the answers somewhere.

I wonder what the markings on the AN24 are/were.

If it was an Aeroflot crew, I hope they got a long range premium payment and a decent layover!!!!

Finncapt, the only pic I could find of the AN26 (other sources call it an AN24) in decent condition is this one. Not a good angle but will give you an indication of the livery:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...er/Puzz54c.jpg

A better shot of the tail (behind the AN2) can be seen in India Four Two's pic above.

Lest we forget the present challenge, might I ask Soddit whether the airport in question is in fact within 30 degrees of longitude west of Suez..?

Not wishing to interrupt the Pearls discussion .....the airport in question is east of Suez by a fair step. The picture is from 1994 when the runway was being resurfaced.

Australia?

Much too far east....I had rather expected that you would get this very quickly. This airport serves a place which has undergone a change of identity since the picture was taken..

Time for another clue...there is a close local connection with early Christianity.

Madras - now Chennai. Your last clue (Mylapore) did it!

Chennai indeed,Jindabyne. Over to you....

OK, here goes -----

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b.../sdfh2-1-1.jpg

A clue then - on an island, East of Suez

Doh all right then I'll bite; Grande Baie Mauritius. (I know it's not really 'cos Grand Baie wasn't paved)

Sorry Chevvy - go East - to a group of islands.

Phillipines; Marshalls?

Not Marshalls :)

Phillipines then - someone help, I know nothing about this bit of the world!!

The Philippines then ------