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Sorry Old Boy I took it for granted that you would search in Norway for the WW11 Memorial. So please do......... With regards to The EU we are talking about the present as it did not exist (indeed it was just the opposite) in the period concerned. We are looking for what is now a derelict aerodrome.

I know where the memorial is and the related history. What I can't do is find any airfield around there that fits the bill. There must be some clue that I'm overlooking. Will think about your latest post though. Once I tracked down the location I found your photo of the memorial.

The aerodrome is some 670 miles (approx) SSW of the memorial.. In a non-EU Country. I must go and mow the lawn. Good Luck Both !

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RAF Shepherds Grove.
Open House if correct please.

Could not track down the flight departure point from the memorial end. But I have now.

Well done Teusje Shepherd's Grove, Suffolk it is - as depicted in first two images. Memorial to Crew of Stirling LK332 299 Squadron Flt Lt Ranulf Trevor- Roper and Crew shot down over Vierli near Vegarshei Norway night of March 30/31st 1945, based Shepherd's Grove. Three other Stirlings on SOE supply flights from Shepherd's Grove to Norway were lost that night described as Brilliant, Cloudless and Moonlit.
LJ888 196 Squadron Flt Sgt Catterall and Crew shot down over Arendal Norway. LK197 196 Squadron Pilot Officer Campbell and Crew Disappeared. PK225 299 Squadron Flt Lt Anderson and Crew Disappeared. 196 and 299 Squadrons of 38 Group based at Shepherds Grove throughout most of 1945. Special Duties Missions flown included Operation Varsity commencing March 24th 1945 and Operation Amherst April 7th -8th 1945. Teusje has declared Open House.
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Flt Lt Charles King RAAF (left) and crew 196 Squadron at Shepherd's Grove c January 1945. Note glider tow bar aft of tail wheels.
Photo credit Australian War Memorial.

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Members of 3 SAS and crew of 'Bitter Sweet' of 299 Squadron at Shepherd's Grove on the eve of Operation Amherst.
Photo Credit Wethersfield Airfield Museum.

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http://web.archive.org/web/200702030...uk/page19.html

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Still visible, echoes of The Cold War..........

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Photo Credits Julie K McManus

Hmm - all the rubber at one end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, big hill just off the top of the picture?

And is that a sports ground lower left?

Layout looks familiar. Is that Sarajevo?

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Originally Posted by jensdad (Post 11067770)

Is that Sarajevo?

Indeed it is.Taken from a C-130 during Operation Provide Promise.
All yours. :ok:

Thank you Noyade. I've only ever seen Sarajevo a couple of times from 30-odd thousand feet :)
I've got a nice photo for you all but unfortunately my left click isn't working, meaning I can't crop out any incriminating evidence.
Open House.

Doubt this will last long................
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Akron Ohio?
OH if correct.

Reminds me of a BoB Open day at RAF Waterbeach in 1951, to which I cycled from Cambridge as a 10-year old because I loved aeroplanes; unfortunately the Meteor 4-ship aerobatic display team had a collision during a team roll, with fatal consequences. It was my first, but not last, lesson that aircraft will bite. Those 4 don't look like Meteors, though, so it's a long shot.

Goodyear blimp control tower gives a hit on
RAF Usworth Sunderland