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nvubu 20th Dec 2017 17:37

Balchik Airfield, Bulgaria?

Heathrow Harry 20th Dec 2017 18:27

Even further East...

But in NATO

Not in yurop.... strictly..... misposted

nvubu 20th Dec 2017 20:21

Must be in Turkey then - very seasonal :ok:

Heathrow Harry 21st Dec 2017 09:45

Correct - that's what I thought.................................

Nice spot but gets a bit cold in winter and too hot in summer.....

https://www.pprune.org/members/32618...-15-164654.jpg

nvubu 21st Dec 2017 11:34

Siirt Airport, Borajet suspended operations in April 2017.

Heathrow Harry 21st Dec 2017 12:43

Not Siirt - too far east - tho' Borajet also pulled out here as well

nvubu 21st Dec 2017 19:42

How about Tokat

Heathrow Harry 22nd Dec 2017 07:31

Correct!!

Over to you........

nvubu 22nd Dec 2017 12:11

Thanks - that was an interesting jaunt through Turkish airfields.

Here's a wintery image from 70+ years ago
https://0h10pg.bl3301.livefilestore....&cropmode=none

Heathrow Harry 22nd Dec 2017 16:22

N W Europe???

nvubu 22nd Dec 2017 16:48

NW Europe is a good start.

Snow being cleared for these
https://qpdrxg.bl3301.livefilestore....&cropmode=none

SMOKEON 22nd Dec 2017 16:51

Beaumont-Sur-Oise, 386th, Bomb Group.
Cletrac M-2 .

nvubu 22nd Dec 2017 18:34

Smokeon has it - Beaumont-Sur-Oise it is.


Over to you.

SMOKEON 22nd Dec 2017 18:53

Thank you,nvubu.
Open House and Merry Christmas.

Heathrow Harry 23rd Dec 2017 07:54

https://www.pprune.org/members/32618...-22-174225.jpg

Bloody hell - 4 hours.............. we're getting good on here

Here's one for Christmas Eve - now has concrete runways - but still active..........................

nvubu 23rd Dec 2017 09:30

Nottingham (1.5 hours) :ok:

Heathrow Harry 23rd Dec 2017 10:43

Aggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I give up!!!

Nvubu is of course correct - Nottingham it is - I saw the LH Ju-53/3m there a few years back

nvubu 23rd Dec 2017 12:21

My family hails from Eastwood to the west of Nottingham. I was researching around the area last week on-line and saw that there was an airport close by and I got side-tracked by it - with the thought of this thread.

Hope this lasts more than a couple of hours.
https://z31tpg.bl3301.livefilestore....&cropmode=none

broadreach 23rd Dec 2017 21:05

Nvubu, before the competition begins to identify the aerodrome being destroyed, could you please shed any light on that upper right quarter of the image. Crop Circle with Seahorse Head?

nvubu 23rd Dec 2017 21:56

It definitely isn't a mark on the film as it appears on a number of other images I have. Here is it at full resolution from the image. No idea what the cross is either.
https://dk4egq.bl3301.livefilestore....&cropmode=none

But they don't appear today - although there is something where the X was - and this GE image has some sort of crop shadow where the seahorse is/was.
https://eqvjrg.bl3301.livefilestore....&cropmode=none

jensdad 23rd Dec 2017 22:00

A trench system for airfield defence, possibly? Haven't a foggiest which airfield it is btw :)

Checklist Charlie 23rd Dec 2017 22:32

Methinks the X is farmers plough or crop seeding marks. On a second look there are a series of white marks that could be the anchor points for an aerial of some sort!

The 'seahorse head' looks like soil erosion.

As to the location, NBI

CC

nvubu 23rd Dec 2017 22:41

This might help
https://eqvgrg.bl3301.livefilestore....&cropmode=none

eckhard 24th Dec 2017 02:47

Is there a Heinkel He 111Z “Zwilling” in the first photo, at top right?

zetec2 24th Dec 2017 08:05

eckhard, reckon so.

nvubu 24th Dec 2017 08:40

Morning - I see this one is proving harder than the last few aerodromes.

You can see almost all the airfield in this one - well that not obscured by bomb bursts.
https://eicfow.bl3301.livefilestore....&cropmode=none

Heathrow Harry 24th Dec 2017 15:14


Originally Posted by nvubu (Post 9999787)
It definitely isn't a mark on the film as it appears on a number of other images I have. Here is it at full resolution from the image. No idea what the cross is either.
https://dk4egq.bl3301.livefilestore....&cropmode=none

But they don't appear today - although there is something where the X was - and this GE image has some sort of crop shadow where the seahorse is/was.
https://eqvjrg.bl3301.livefilestore....&cropmode=none

y

Probably a local low that collected water and drained down the channel. After 60 years its been reduced in size but not eliminated

eckhard 24th Dec 2017 15:36

My first thought was Volkel but it doesn’t seem to match against Google Earth........

nvubu 24th Dec 2017 16:55

It isn't in Holland. Images posted match up with the current GE.

Here are a couple more, not so obscured by bombing. Both show the sea horse feature, and if you click the link underneath the image you will get a much larger version.
https://dk4bgq.bl3301.livefilestore....&cropmode=none
clicky


https://rmnu6a.bl3301.livefilestore....&cropmode=none
clicky

nvubu 24th Dec 2017 17:09

eckhard & zetec2

I've blown up the section of the image with the HE111Z in it
https://eqvjrg.bl3301.livefilestore....&cropmode=none


The full sized original image is here

Cows getting bigger 24th Dec 2017 19:27

I'll take a stab at Dijon. GS-Kommando 1 was based there with HE111Z's in late 1943.

nvubu 24th Dec 2017 19:51

Well done, Dijon it is - CGB has it - you have the Christmas honours

Couple more images - without any bombs bursting - interesting in the number of aircraft present and the changes in the aircraft stands.
https://z31upg.bl3301.livefilestore....&cropmode=none


https://ctladg.bl3301.livefilestore....&cropmode=none


One of the aircraft pens in this image is still present.
https://aviusq.bl3301.livefilestore....&cropmode=none


Happy Christmas to everyone.

Cows getting bigger 25th Dec 2017 04:51

It's going to have to be Open House.

Terry Dactil 25th Dec 2017 20:18

Since aircraft pens have been mentioned .....
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nhbrltp92q...ure_2.jpg?dl=1

mgahan 25th Dec 2017 21:33

Tindal, NT, during the war?

Terry Dactil 25th Dec 2017 22:43

No, not in Australia.
It is in a different hemisphere.

Heathrow Harry 26th Dec 2017 07:57

Got that crushed coral look... Guam??

Terry Dactil 26th Dec 2017 08:26

Yes, it is one of many airfields that are (were) on Guam, but which one?
Construction was started by the Japanese and finished by the Americans.
It had only one runway, but it looks there was no problem finding somewhere to park!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ldhqolt0in...%20-3.JPG?dl=1
Only a short length of the runway remains visible today as it has all been built over. However the layout of the roads is still the same.

nvubu 26th Dec 2017 08:33

Can't see any images :(

nvubu 26th Dec 2017 08:50

From your description and checking my Guam airfield images - Harmon seems to fit the bill


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