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Lordflasheart 24th Apr 2012 16:35

Leuchars, 224 Squadron ? LFH

sabredog 24th Apr 2012 16:47

R.A.F.Bircham Newton

olympus 24th Apr 2012 18:00

279 Sqn at RAF Bircham Newton, 1943.

Sabredog has control.

sabredog 24th Apr 2012 18:25

Interesting,as 279 was an Air Sea rescue squadron,whereas the Hudsons in the challenge are obviously bomber versions. My reference for the same photograph,"Lockheed Hudson In World War11 by Andrew Hendrie p.43, has the caption for 407 Sqdn. R.C.A.F,North Coates, July 1941-Feb,1942.
Open House.

olympus 24th Apr 2012 18:55

Interesting indeed Sabredog. After reading your earlier post I noticed the code letter NO5(?) on the watch tower railing which made me think that perhaps it was North Coates rather than Bircham Newton.

My source for the picture was Dinghy Drop, 279 Squadron RAF 1941-46 by T Docherty, page 80.

Duckbutt 25th Apr 2012 13:42

Next one:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...er/Puzz68a.jpg

nvubu 25th Apr 2012 17:59

Somewhere in Germany?

Duckbutt 25th Apr 2012 18:57

Not in Germany, bit further to the East.

nvubu 25th Apr 2012 19:11

Could it be Hradčany?

Duckbutt 25th Apr 2012 19:36

Sorry, not Hradcany.

Duckbutt 26th Apr 2012 07:45

This airfield is rather quiet these days but there on ongoing discussions as to whether this will change in the near future.

Earlier this century it saw a number of flights that could well have been described as extraordinary.

sabredog 26th Apr 2012 08:38

Szczytno-Szymany,Poland? (Rendition Flights)

Duckbutt 26th Apr 2012 08:48

Thats it Sabredog. Still very much classified but there is much evidence that rendition flights from the Middle East and North Africa routed through here en route to Cuba in 2003. Also that some of the detainees were waterboarded at a nearby facility.

sabredog 26th Apr 2012 12:10

Thank you,DB, and apologies for the delay in presenting the next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/.../Quiz100-1.jpg

chevvron 26th Apr 2012 13:29

A small corner of Baldonnell (Dublin) during filming of 'The Blue Max'.

Ridge Runner 26th Apr 2012 15:59


Still very much classified but there is much evidence that rendition flights from the Middle East and North Africa routed through here en route to Cuba in 2003.
Mmm... we used to meet a number of the C-40/737 crews at the Marriott in Mallorca whilst on their stopovers for a similar purpose.

RR

sabredog 26th Apr 2012 18:52

Not Baldonnell .

Lordflasheart 28th Apr 2012 11:48

Summer (post harvest) Camp, somewhere on Salisbury Plain ? LFH

Russell Gulch 28th Apr 2012 21:36

Syerston? .

sabredog 29th Apr 2012 11:29

Syerston and Salisbury Plain are excellent guesses, but not correct. The photograph was taken in the early 1920s, and is to be found on the Web.
It has a geographical link to a mutiny!
Some of it's aircraft;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/...3/quizclue.jpg


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