Beauvais is correct. Over to you.

Open House

This airfield may have appeared before but I don't think this photo has...(sorry it's so big; it's supposed to be 800 pixels).

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...rfield26cr.jpg

Acklington?

Not Acklington.

Scorton ? LFH

Catterick.

Ciarain.

Great picture. Is it Hunsdon?

BSD.

Dunno the airfield but what a lovely picture of an ideal multi purpose attack aircraft that woulldn't be too out of place in Libya/Afghanistan etc. OK it's ordnance load isn't the same as a Warthog but it must be close.

Good answers but so far not the one mentioned in the caption to the photo. The aircraft, as I am sure most of the experts on this forum know, is a Beaufighter of 219 Sqn.

How about Kenley?

Redhill Aerodrome?

RAF Tangmere?

Tangmere it is! Airclues has control.

I apologize for the fact that this airfield has been done before. However the top room of the tower has some very interesting aviation history.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...IMG_0060-1.jpg

Dave

R.A.F. Gütersloh

Correct....sabredog has control.

I was in the "Goering Room" a couple of days ago. The "beam" still works although we had some difficulty finding the lever.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...s/IMG_0900.jpg

Dave

Thank you,Airclues.
Open House

Well, I for one have no idea of the significance of the beam and a lever in the 'Goering Room' at Gutersloh. Could you enlighten me please?

olympus

During WW2, Herman Goering used to hold court with the ME109 pilots in this room in the Officers mess. Apparently he would say that "if an RAF aircraft ever flies over Germany then that beam will fall down". Although it seems a very career-limiting thing to do, some officers rigged up a devise that caused the beam to drop about three inches. The next time that Mr Goering made that statement, one (unknown) officer pulled the lever and the beam dropped.
I could tell you where the lever is, but I'd have to shoot you :)

The room is now preserved as a museum, with photos of Herr Goering and the full story of the room displayed on the walls.

Dave

sabredog has declared OPEN HOUSE