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At another West African field each refuel required a large bucket of Avtur to be taken as a sample. Cooking and lighting fuel for someone!
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J,yes ,the Ground engineer had a longpole ,hollow for the Herk,which he would decant into large plastic bags,which were left on the scrub (below the aircraft in picture).....they too would have` evaporated` by the time the crew got on board...! ...must have been the `fairies`.....
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Fairies in your background acknowledged, Sycamore. They still pay my pension.
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Hello all, Sorry I’ve not been paying attention due to helping out at a gliding competition. Thanks JENKINS for accepting my slightly devious identification. I must read Men At Arms again. A wonderful story. Who could forget Brigadier Ritchie-Hook? Open House. |
Ok - one to start of a very hot Saturday........................ a long way from Dakar..........
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....6e79628493.jpg |
Buongiorno Asturias.
It looks somewhat scruffy and "third world". |
Grazie! 35C forecast for today and 37-39 tomorrow - not going much further than the nearest shade today - which just happens to have a bar in in it..........................
Not sensuo stricto Third World - agreed a bit scruffy - they've done some work on it tho' https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....84daeabc51.jpg |
Latino Americana......?
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No - but quite a large place................. off out to the "shade"..................
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....0c4fc8e32d.jpg |
Hope you are enjoying the shade - cin cin.
You said not sensuo stricto Third World. Depends on your point of view. Might it be India ? |
Guessing that may be an IL-62,so Ukraine or Russia...?
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Good spot - definitely the Former
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....fffdf4bfbd.jpg Soviet Union |
Does that mean Russia or one of the union countries ?
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Grazie.
Looking. |
It's eluding me, but I have found a photo which might be it.
But it's a Russian site and I don't speak Russian. :( |
Just Goggled another site "International Airports of Russia".
It looks like Novy. |
yes - you've got it.... Khabarovsk Novy Airport way out in E Siberia -
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....c1610be3a0.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....8d146bbaef.jpg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....1d8d07dbbb.jpg |
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Hmm - Tante Ju and a Gotha 242 - lets punt on Grosetto in Tuscany...................
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Sorry but not Grosetto and no hard runway.
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How about Maleme on Crete?
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Sorry but niet….
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Must be back to Russia again....
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It is indeed.
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That white camouflaged Ju 52 complete with a yellow fuselage band would certainly suggest the Eastern Front.
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Is Volgograd - maybe Gumrak (now VOG)?
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Airborne supply of German 6th Army at Stalingrad? JU 52 for Paulus? No idea of any location.
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Gumrak was one of the 7 fields they used and is the only one still in use I believe - which is why I chose it as it has "and interesting history"
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Good morning gentlemen.
This place was held by 5500 Germans for three months under heavy siege from the Russians. They could only be supplied by air. The only other support they had was from German artillery ten miles away. Just under a quarter survived. |
Kholm Pocket - but wiki stages that the it was too small for aircraft to land.
Flights originated from Pleskau-Sud/Pskov-Sud? |
nvubu strikes with Kholm.
Aircraft did land there before the area shrank, as evidenced by the photograph. During the conflict some 2,000 sorties were flown - initially by JU-52's and then gliders. The change of approach was forced by a 30% loss rate in aircraft. As the 'kessel' area was compressed because of the intensity of the fighting, the airfield became part of 'no mans' land and each glider landing was greeted by frantic efforts from both sides to retrieve the valuable contents. |
Thanks dook, the give away was the 5500 defenders.
I'm currently sitting at a hockey club where the temperature is close to 30 degrees C. So here's one where the temperature is closer to 30 degrees F. https://k9dpeg.bn.files.1drv.com/y4m...&cropmode=none |
All I can establish at the moment is probably the 391st Bomb Group of the 573rd Bomber Squadron.
Europe maybe Belgium or Vitry en Artois France. |
We are not in France or Belgium
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RAF Matching ?
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Not RAF Matching. Here's another cold picture.
https://nuniyg.bn.files.1drv.com/y4m...&cropmode=none I'll change seasons for the following images. |
Are perchance in the USA then ?
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Further N in Alaska....?
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