Duckbutt - I'll have a go - West Africa ?

Not on the African continent.

A disused former Cold War airfield ?

Not former cold war.

I have to choose my words carefully here - this airport was built at a very high cost (by more than one definition) to cater for a planned business venture but circumstances changed pretty dramatically around the time of its completion and it has seen very few aircraft movements since.

I understand that it does still see the occasional visit though. In researching this challenge I have only been able to find a picture of one aircraft here on one occasion.

Possibly Cambodia,Laos,or Vietnam ?

Poss. Kampong Chhanang Airport ,Cambodia..?

Not possibly but definitely. Built by the Kmer Rouge with the Chinese with the stated intention of exporting rice to China, but quite likely intended for military use as well. No-one will ever know the numbers for sure but at least 10,000, maybe as many as 50,000 of the construction workers are buried in the immediate area, not all of them were dead when the mass graves were filled in.

The KR were driven from the site by invading Vietnamise about 30 years ago and the airfield was never used. It was said that the smell of decay could be detected 10 years later.

You have it Sycamore.

Thanks,after I`d posted Iwent to GE and sculled about,and luck played a big part...Sorry ,OPEN House....

As it is still Open House, please try this mystery aerodrome.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/...PRuNe/019A.jpg

Vero Beach, Florida?

seacue, it isn't in the USA

I thought I'd add a picture looking the other way (SW)

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/...PRuNe/019B.jpg

Borinquen, Puerto Rico (near Aguadilla)

Not Puerto Rico - but you are in the right region of the globe.

I would have chosen Lamentin on Martinique, but I thought that the USA didn't have access to the French islands during most of WW2.

How about Wallerfield - Tinidad ?

Has some features similar to present day Banjul/Yundum but I think that airport was built comparatively recentlly.

It's none of the above, but it is in the Caribbean

nvubu - we should have had this one by now - I'll guess agin - is it Piarco - Trinidad ?

descol It isn't on Trinadad.

I'm suprised there haven't been more "guess the island".

I haven't wanted to post any more photos as i think they would give it away.

Clue: Further west than any suggestion so far and the the "runway" in the picture runs NE/SW, more like a taxiway today, with the runways running more E/W and N/S (although not exactly on these headings).

On GE looks very run down now.

Is this of any use?

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/...PRuNe/019C.jpg

Vernam Field, Jamaica?

Look like IL-28s on the last pic..Cuba possibly ?

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

San Julián Air Base, Cuba.

Open House if correct.

That's the one - olympus has it.

I knew the picture would give it away. You didn't need the overhead on 15th October 1962, or the image of Castro at the airbase in 1959.

If you look around on GE, there seem to be aircraft abandoned all over the place, and a line-up of 10 aircraft with seemingly no access to the runway, and they have been there since 2005, when the gate guard turned around and then was removed - there on 1/5, gone by 30/5.

Open House has been declared

Good challenge there nvubu
How about this ?

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v.../prune10-1.jpg

Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda - Tower/Rapcon/Center in 1960.

Yep - Bermuda it is - After posting it I realised evansb posted the terminal building - way back in 2008 -I don't think the tower was posted - anyway, its over to you nvubu.

Wouldn't it be great if the Google car had driven down the runways and taxiways! In my hunt for the correct airfield I discovered the airfields of Puerto Rico and Jamaica. I had an interesting afternoon achieving nothing.

op55 - coudn't agree more, although this time a simple image search worked wonders, try - "Control Tower" pink 1950s

This one is a bit more recent:

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/...PRuNe/021A.jpg

The aerodrome can be seen behind the fence on the left :ok:

Is it Rechlin-Larz airfield?

Yes, it's the Larz part of the two.

SilentHandover - you have control

Thank you nvubu let's see if I can work this again?
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/...rtresses-1.jpg

SilentHandover - check your PMs

Thats the long abandoned Piardoba airfield in India and the aircraft is "Rush Order"

Open House if correct

Hen Ddraig is quite correct, so as requested Open House.

It may not have lasted long and my technical ineptitude may have helped make it easier but at least I have now learnt how to post a pic. :ok:

There is a lot of info on the web about this aircraft (42-63393) named, as Hen Ddraig states, 'Rush Order'. Apparently so named because it flew its first operational mission only 15 days after leaving the factory.

It even has its own website here

As a matter of interest, some sources on the web quote Chiung-Lai (A-5), China or Chengtu, China as the location of the picture.

Not much of a challenge and not really an airport...

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3645/img462p.jpg

Carry on, once confirmed.

Saigon during the 'peace with honour' withdrawl?

Evacuation of CIA personnel from Saigon, by Air America April 29 1975


Hen ddraig

US Embassy Saigon. Your control Chevron. :ok:

Open House!!!!!!!!!
I think it was embassy staff plus a few rich locals who bribed their way out rather than just CIA. I Remember the film of them landing on an aircraft carrier, then the pilot took off and jumped out leaving the helicopter to its own devices.