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I'll see what I can find :)

edit to add:
From what I can see the end of the war when it occurred was a complete surprise as the Handley Page Agreement has a schedule going out to July 1919 with the aim of creating 30 squadrons by that time, with 3 a month being created from 1st September 1918. There are minutes of meetings for Sep & Oct 1918 where costs are being discussed, and then in December everything has changed to how to dispose of the facilities and who owes what to whom. 3rd December meeting specifically refers to Oldham.

Here are some costs - clicky

As Russell says below, it's Open House

It is still "open house" since I can't access my photos at this time, but the History (the "H" in "AHN" is worth the reminising.
Russ

nvubu,

The costs document is very interesting. Two observations:

1. Sgt. Hammond was a sensible fellow and way ahead of his time - converting shillings and pence to decimal!

2. Staggeringly expensive - that's £1.3 billion in today's money.

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Originally Posted by nvubu (Post 9619073)

There was still some other action going on overseas after WW1 notably in Afghanistan where an HP 0-400 was flown to Kabul by Tony Dudgeon,later AVM Dudgeon.(The Kabul Raid, Aeroplane Monthly c1980ish)
I vaguely recall the article saying they got the aircraft from Tangmere.

oi nvbdu !
What happened to your challenge?
By the time I found a possible answer it has disappeared :confused:

Anyway, to keep the Christmas spirit alive.. (that's a hint) ...here is a quickie to keep us going.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jswupkovtlmvfj2/XI.JPG?dl=1

Terry, I thought I'd try and find one a bit more Christmassy, and then I got side-tracked by my kids :)

It'll come back - PM me where you think it is.

Your challenge. Oil region? Jungle?

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Oil region? Jungle?

Nope. It had a mine, but that closed in the the 1980s.
That was the attraction for the Japanese attack and occupation in WW2.
As it has not been bombed since then, this one is a lot more Christmassy for you. :ok:
The photo is rotated 90º (West is up) to show a bit of ocean as a clue.

Christmas Island YPXM.

Open house.

You got it. :ok:

Merry Xmas to all
OPEN HOUSE it is.

And a merry Christmas Island to you too - :ok:

I was trying to find a historical image of the other Christmas Island - when I got side-tracked.

Here's the one I took down .... Can anyone get it from this image? (Scroll down for another one)
https://nrv4uq.bl3302.livefilestore....&cropmode=none

This might help
https://amwpda.bl3302.livefilestore....&cropmode=none

Woleai?

Seasons Greetings to one and all...

Another floundering attempt, nvubu - Marcus Island?

Marcus Island it is - not so floundering :ok:

Terry also got this from my previous post that I took down and PM'd me the answer, so well done as well.

It has an interesting history and although bombed repeatedly by US forces it was resupplied by submarine through a channel cut through the reef - you can see it in the photo above, and it is still visible today.

O/T:
I find it interesting that the US Carrier CVE-77 was renamed from USS Kanalku Bay to USS Marcus Island on 6 Nov 1943, yet the island was only captured by US forces in May 1945.

From Wiki

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The Casablanca-class initially continued the US Navy's policy of naming escort carriers after bays and sounds, though several carried on the US Navy's tradition of naming aircraft carriers after battles. Those ships that appear to be named after islands, seas, straits or cities actually commemorated battles fought at those locations. Several had their original "Bay" names changed to battle names while under construction, and two of them (Midway and Coral Sea) lost their battle names mid-career to new Midway-class carriers, becoming USS St. Lo and USS Anzio respectively. Unlike the larger Essex and Independence-class carriers none were named to commemorate historical naval vessels.

This link might answer this

Over to you Dora-9

Now I'm floundering to find another, so OPEN HOUSE.

Dora 9,

While you are still floundering, here's the last aerodrome in my bin:

http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/...pstnte4woz.png

Do we start looking in New Zealand or Canada?

Well, if you start in New Zealand, it will take longer. I recommend Canada. ;)