Several ways of spelling it but yes - that's the place - rather a nice corner of the island - beaches, mountains........

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My apologies to Sultan for putting him on the wrong track.
Some how it looks that Botswana is one of the few African countries withe the blue red no parking signs.
(others being mainly white with red circle)

“Aeroport de” put me on the former French colonies of which there is only one on the East side of Africa.

Looks like a nice place indeed.

Now this mishap.

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Looks like an Avro 504,flown by `Hoskins`,late on the round-out...again.....
Netheravon..?

AVRO 504 all right
But not Hoskins
or at least not on his home field.

Is this airfield in the UK? And does it still exist??

Not UK
But still exists

Kandahar?
Habbaniya?

You are now way further off than Netheravon

Well then - probably N France

tho it going to be hard to guess which muddy field without a leetle more info or another picture........ ;)

Not N France but you are closest so far.

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A Bristol Frightener - but not in the UK nor a long way away from the UK - so not Argentina, Canada or New Zealand & not N France

I suspect its Belgium - somewhere like Brussels-Charleroi Airport (Gosselies)...................

Gosselies It is.

I had a small vacation booked for April flying from there but it was not to be....
Still waiting for my refund.
The Bristol was owned by Fairey aviation.

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Asturias has the lead

Sorry about the delay - well that was an inspired challenge. I looked at European Freighter operators and noticed in an after-note that Avions Fairey operated one - it was so left field I assumed that's the one - there are some corkscrew minds on here!

I think we may have had Gosselies a couple of years back but as the modern airport.

Open house!

And a Hunter being swallowed by a mini-guppy...or maybe regurgitated....

Plenty of time on 'Fairey Legs' in my BN2 days across the Earth. Made no difference, still smashed in.

This next is not in my BN2 palmares, though it looks as if it should have been. Much prop blending, I imagine. Apparently extant in a much changed form.
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A wild guess at Salalah.

Good morning, and I regret not Salalah. North at top of photo, A320 recently landed after long dog-leg from departure field.

Manama?
Now Bahrein international

Jeddah? Now King Abdul Aziz International.

Neither Muharraq nor Jeddah I fear. Not close, but general region OK.

If that photo is N to the top the sea/lake is to the west - so in the Middle East we're looking at the east side of the land - Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, Saudi , Yemen on the Red Sea , Oman/UAE and Iran on the Gulf side

Factor in the mountains right down to the coast and the fact it has or has had A320's and we're looking at a limited range of place.

I suspect it's near the top of the Red Sea but I can't see anywhere that fits

Good morning, and keep looking. 'Top' does not have a corollary in 'Bottom,' whatever Moses may have achieved. Certainly looking along the right lines, but not much dog-legging involved so far.

Political instability may be invoked. as might recent activity elsewhere in the greater parish to which we subscribe.

The B/W photograph is WW2; a Royal Air Force field, the photo attributed, by a Dutch Interweb site, to the Royal Navy.

Long dog legs... normally associated with some political /military areas - so we might be looking at the resumption of flights between the Arab world and Israel.

The initial flights were an Israeli 737 and a UAE 767 so not them

I'm gravitating towards Eilat - which has much changed in the last 40 + years...........

One part of the dog-legging correct, but I fear Eilat incorrect. WW2 RAF interest was coastal and maritime recce, almost GR perhaps. New airport built 1999-ish with hopes for tourism and maybe a strategic purpose as well.

Usual visitations through the centuries. Portuguese, of course, East India Company, Italy, Great Britain, and I believe the Soviet Navy found it useful. Probably only two of those had any aviation interest. I gather USAAC ferry routes in WW2 may have been relevant.

Aden, RAF Khormaksar?

Not Khormaksar, but getting a touch closer.

Remember, North at top of photo.

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Is it Djibouti?

No, but correct dog-leg.

I'll try an uncertain stab at Hodeida (Al Hudaydah now, evidently).....

No, regret that is incorrect. Remember, this as seen in photo was once a Royal Air Force airfield, of sorts.

I find that this was not part of the Aden Protectorate, but had closer links than did Hodeida which had none. My little sister, now in the Land of the Long White Cloud, would pass a finger across her throat at the mention of Yemen during her time in Aden 65 years ago.

Socotra airport?

Yes, Socotra in its original state as RAF Ras Karma. WW2 use by Blenheims from Aden is well documented, with a photograph elsewhere showing a bare Wellington frame. Use in 1960's indicates Valetta aircraft from 233 in Aden. GE shows the current state. My time spent on Masirah has, maybe, given me an impression of life on Socotra many years ago.

I am off-net for some time now, so have to accept the correct answer despite the 24 hour stipulation.

It's gonna have to be Open House I'm afraid.

Now that was a challenge and half - I kept looking at Socotra but never realised the RAF had ever had a base there - I think we had the modern airfield last year?

Here's another - quite an old airfield and still in use

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Fokker F.VII PK-AFF at Medan, Sumatra
Open House if correct, please.

Teus
PM send

Yes - it's the old Polonia Airport in Medan - replaced by the new out of town airport in 2013 but still open as Soewondo Air Force Base operating marine recce I think. The original name refers to the land which was orinianlly owned by a Polish Baron. Teusje has the controls

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