I've had quite a few up recently so let's give someone else a chance.
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Three hours, so one of mine. Haven't flown here, but passed by on occasion. Two separate flying services when an airfield, one of them flying Merlin-powered bomber types in WW2, and during said war a renowned actor flew here albeit not on a Merlin machine. Still military, I believe.
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Was that actor James Stewart or Clark Gable ?
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No, but one of those had been involved with the then wife of my pilot from this field. You asked the correct question to circumvent my spoof! And indeed, one of those had acted with a British actor who died in a WW2 aerial incident.
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Is there a connection with "Gone With The Wind" ?
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Yes, albeit tenuous and on the distaff side.
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Does Olivia de Havilland feature in this saga ?
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I could introduce a de Havilland theme were I to delve into school, pilots, films and so on. There is certainly a de Havilland link 15 miles north, en route to a school which is 45 miles north. Orientation W - E, road to left leads to DH link. Without going deeper, I am unaware of any Olivia link.
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It doesn't look like UK, but is it ?
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Let's try the pilot and school link. My pilot, at this field, and apparently a hopeless aviator, was schooled at an institution which produced three much finer aviators, and all three from a different flying service to my man. My pilot, an actor, did not feature in any of the three films inspired by the three much finer pilots. Alex Guiness did though.
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Yes, it is UK, even as far as defining England. County? No chance!
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Not dissimilar to Witchford.
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Lovely museum in Ashburton. Well worth a visit. I got a huge shock when walking into the hangar, to come face to face with a Harrier! Is it the only one in the Southern Hemisphere that’s not a pile of wreckage? |
Mount Farm?
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Pre-dates Witchford by many years. I think WW2 passed by my field in terms of offensive ops from the location. It came to the notice of the Luftwaffe, and a prominent Irishman of the time reported it sunk.
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Not Mount Farm, but one of those educated at the same establishment as my pilot met his end from Mount Farm.
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Current use seems to be Scibblies, Schoolies, Snowdrops, and Blanket Stackers. Must now retreat into Anderson Shelter, avoiding flak.
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Originally Posted by JENKINS
(Post 10498706)
Pre-dates Witchford by many years. I think WW2 passed by my field in terms of offensive ops from the location. It came to the notice of the Luftwaffe, and a prominent Irishman of the time reported it sunk.
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Neither, but very close. Indeed, in one case, on the approach. Wrong bird from Haw-Haw, but hovering very close.
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Found it. RNAS Worthy Down.
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