Welkom...………….

Ah yes, it does look like Deelen. If so, did I read somewhere that there were freight or parcel flights from the UK (possibly Luton) to there in the 80s or 90s? Sorry for thread drift. And apologies if I dreamt the parcel flights :)

Deelen it is.
credits to Eckhard.
I never thought it would be difficult but this is quick.
I grew up near Arnhem. Did see the Starfighters fly over and later Alouettes and the first Bolkows from Deelen.
In the 80s and 90s I was studying in Haarlem below the landing route of Schiphol. So I know nothing of the freight flights from Luton. I was in my room in Haarlem when the ElAl freighter dived into the Bijlmermeer (that is opposite of Haarlem from Schiphol so I did not see anything, but it gave some thoughts anyway.

Open House but if Jensdad has a suggestion he can go first.

best regards, SLB

Thank you and welcome to the thread, SLB. Great memories of the Starfighters!
Eckhard did all the work, until he mentioned Deelen I was thinking it looked like one of the bases in Belgium. So OH :)

Hmm, the fields, and the fact that someone has dropped bombs on it in 1943, makes me think mainland Europe. Although the runway layout looks like either US or Royal Navy ...
We aren't still in the Low Countries, are we?

542 operated Spitfires of various Mks across N.Europe throughout WW2,from Benson.
ORB anyone....?
Could be a before/after a bomber raid..?
about 15 small bombs...
Looks more like a test establishment,only 2-3 aircraft visible...
Any idea if the white lines at the bottom left end of the main runway are an early ILS/FIDO aid...?

Couldn't be this wee place could it??

''By 1940, Schiphol had four asphalt runways at 45-degree angles, all 1,020 metres (3,350 ft) or less. One was extended to become today's runway 04/22; two others crossed that runway at 52.312°N 4.800°E. The airport was captured by the German military that same year and renamed Fliegerhorst Schiphol. A large amount of anti-aircraft defences were installed in the vicinity of the airport and fake decoy airfields were constructed in the vicinity near Bennebroek, Vijfhuizen and Vogelenzang to try to confuse allied bombers. A railway connection was also built. Despite these defences, the airfield was still bombed intensively; an exceptionally heavy attack on 13 December 1943 caused so much damage that it rendered the airfield unusable as an active base.'' (Wikipedia)

That was quick. Schiphol it is. Jensdad has it.

Thank you Archer 4. I love the photos on this thread, and the way they lead me to find out stuff about airfields that I thought I was familiar with!
Where's this welcoming little place? https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....2bafab0153.jpg

Good work, SLB, but unfortunately it isn't Ben Gurion.

Much further East...?

That's what I am thinking.

Korea or China maybe, such as the China/India border.

Taipei RCTP.

C2j

Hi team, it's further west than Ben Gurion and Self loading bear is the closest so far :)

Let me find my atlas and ruler....

No. Tel Aviv is closer. :)

Apologies, I missed your post about Amman, but Self loading bear is still the closest so far.