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Which Aerodrome Mk IV
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214 (FMS) Squadron Chedburgh 1943. Based here October 1942 - December 1943. A period when they suffered their heaviest losses. Photo credit Dave Wallace son of Flt Lt A.C. Wallace via 214 Squadron website. https://www.214squadron.org.uk/
Last edited by OUAQUKGF Ops; 25th May 2021 at 09:17.
Chedburgh? I had thought of that previously but according to 214 history they had moved out before your July 44 date to be replaced by 1653 HCU?
p.s. Does dawn come early in Norfolk these days?
p.s. Does dawn come early in Norfolk these days?
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Pages from Flying Officer Terry Ford's (75 Squadron) Album. 1653 HCU Chedburgh. Photo credit University of Lincoln IBCC Archive.
218 Squadron Chedburgh December 1944-August 1945
Looking towards the threshold to R/W 23. Photo credit ukairfieldsandairports website.
Last edited by OUAQUKGF Ops; 25th May 2021 at 05:50.
The reason I suggested Gravely was because I identified the line to the left of the runway as possbly being FIDO and the taxiway pattern was similar to Gravely.
Interesting challenge in the NEW 4th Age of Which Aerodrome. Dc-3, some small aircraft and a proper PanAm job. the roof of the hangar
medivac is rather manky TBH - For some reason Canada popped into my mind?
Sorry, not EMA,LHR or even Canada.
Regulars of the previous "Which Aerodrome Mk III"may recall a recent challenge to find an airfield with a former motor racing track. This place shares that feature, albeit briefly. Going back a few more years from the original photo:
1950
1950
1950s
1950
Regulars of the previous "Which Aerodrome Mk III"may recall a recent challenge to find an airfield with a former motor racing track. This place shares that feature, albeit briefly. Going back a few more years from the original photo:
1950
1950
1950s
1950
Last edited by Max Tow; 26th May 2021 at 10:25.
Yes to Allan and...
..a DH nose for Mr Lupton...
...and another Hatfield nose (ish) carrying a rocket man home
A visitor from the early 30s, some of whose passengers were, in a very real sense, at the leading edge of air travel...
and another visitor from the late 30s, of great consequence
..a DH nose for Mr Lupton...
...and another Hatfield nose (ish) carrying a rocket man home
A visitor from the early 30s, some of whose passengers were, in a very real sense, at the leading edge of air travel...
and another visitor from the late 30s, of great consequence
Last edited by Max Tow; 26th May 2021 at 10:23.
Well,the car is an AFM driven by it`s designer Alexander von Falkenhausen,also chief engineer for BMW vehicles during WW2,racing at Munich-Riem Airfield in 1949. The m/cycle may be an NSU modified scooter....
OH if correct
OH if correct
Munich Riem it is, despite the deliberate mis-steer of using Pan Am rather than LH images!
The Herald in the first photo was correctly spotted as op by Bavaria.
Part of the Riem perimeter was used for motor cycle and F2 car racing between 1949 and 1951. The Pan Am Connie was on its first visit to the airport in 1950 after post-war repairs. The Comet was United Arab SU-ALE after an overrun in Feb 1970 and the SAS Caravelle was bringing Wernher von Braun on a visit back home in 1960. The Lockheed Electra was of course G-AEPR arriving with Neville Chamberlain in Sep 1938.
The Junkers G.38 was an interesting beast - only 2 built and used by Lufthansa through the 30s. The second one, D2500/D-APIS, shown at Munich, carried 34 passengers including 6 in the wing roots - by all accounts, a very noisy and uncomfortable place to be. This particular aircraft was apparently destroyed in Athens by RAF bombers in 1941. The Japanese built 6 more as the Mitsubishi Ki-20 bomber.
Riem has long since closed but the iconic tall red tower survives in the exhibition grounds together with a token strip of runway.
Motor racing 1949-51
Junkers G.38 with seating in wing leading edge
SU-ALE written-off Feb 70
The old tower now "Brainlab", an exhibition/function centre
OH called...
The Herald in the first photo was correctly spotted as op by Bavaria.
Part of the Riem perimeter was used for motor cycle and F2 car racing between 1949 and 1951. The Pan Am Connie was on its first visit to the airport in 1950 after post-war repairs. The Comet was United Arab SU-ALE after an overrun in Feb 1970 and the SAS Caravelle was bringing Wernher von Braun on a visit back home in 1960. The Lockheed Electra was of course G-AEPR arriving with Neville Chamberlain in Sep 1938.
The Junkers G.38 was an interesting beast - only 2 built and used by Lufthansa through the 30s. The second one, D2500/D-APIS, shown at Munich, carried 34 passengers including 6 in the wing roots - by all accounts, a very noisy and uncomfortable place to be. This particular aircraft was apparently destroyed in Athens by RAF bombers in 1941. The Japanese built 6 more as the Mitsubishi Ki-20 bomber.
Riem has long since closed but the iconic tall red tower survives in the exhibition grounds together with a token strip of runway.
Motor racing 1949-51
Junkers G.38 with seating in wing leading edge
SU-ALE written-off Feb 70
The old tower now "Brainlab", an exhibition/function centre
OH called...
