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dook 25th May 2019 17:32

KP - not Japan but there is a connection.

ea - yes.

Shackman 25th May 2019 17:54

South Pacific ? Initial thought was Midway, but looks like old Japanese runways overlaid by US, so ....

dook 25th May 2019 17:58

Do tell us more...…...:)

Shackman 25th May 2019 18:19

Marpi Point - Northern end of Saipan.

OH if correct (nothing available at moment)

I'll let dook tell you more of the cliffs at the top of the photo.

sycamore 25th May 2019 18:23

Best to read it quietly......

dook 25th May 2019 18:29

Known as the suicide cliffs because during the battle for Saipan, 800 Japanese troops committed suicide there.

Shackman gets the top banana with Marpi Point and has declared OH.

jensdad 25th May 2019 20:28

Thanks Dook & Shackman!
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....b2f7963323.jpg
Just a little bit of fun, this one. Shan't last long, I don't think...

dook 25th May 2019 20:34

:eek:...………...

jensdad 25th May 2019 20:37

Haha Well, there are three clues in there, Mr. d. Two of them very large! :)

dook 25th May 2019 20:40

Yes - I have nb'd all three. That's the easy bit.

I would say Europe.

jensdad 25th May 2019 20:41

You would be correct!

dook 25th May 2019 20:47

And it is very reminiscent of an airfield I knew in Germany.

jensdad 25th May 2019 21:02

The airfield hasn't been part of Germany for quite a while, I'm afraid. Long before your time, I'm sure, dook. :)

dook 25th May 2019 21:08

If you're talking about German administration it might point to Luxembourg.

jensdad 25th May 2019 21:24

Yep, 'tis Luxembourg. I'll give you it as there's obviously only one airfield in that country that has EasyJet service :)
The cooling towers on the horizon, on the other hand, are in France. Luxembourg was not only occupied by the Nazis during WWII but was actually annexed, like Austria, into the German Reich. The bit of France the cooling towers are in, is Lorraine which (I think) was also part of Germany at one time, although maybe a different time to the one in which Luxembourg was.

dook 26th May 2019 08:38

Thank you jensdad.

The cooling towers didn't help but your last clue did, and even then I wasn't sure. It might have been Holland.

http://i68.tinypic.com/dzf393.jpg

magruder1980 26th May 2019 09:31

This one I know - NAS Philadelphia in the USA?

dook 26th May 2019 10:00

Nicely done magruder - the US Naval Aircraft Factory.

New balls please.

magruder1980 26th May 2019 10:14

Try this - a bit harder than my first one I think..... I'm off out until about 16:00 London time

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....4ce5c78df1.jpg

sycamore 26th May 2019 11:11

Any arborists around to identify the trees,or are they storks nests...?


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