Can someone identify this bombing range please?

29 Jan 2022 09:28 #1 by Ossington_2008
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I was was cruising the images on the IBCC website when I came across this picture, new to me. Can it be identified please? Aircraft involved was a 102 Sqn Whitley which I gather was based at Driffield, between Jan40 to Feb 42.

ibb.co/pxz4WXW

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29 Jan 2022 10:07 #2 by Peter Kirk
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I had trouble with this one some time ago as the target looked to be solid with an outline also being an oblique the translation to vertical is very difficult to visualise. Local candidates are Pickering, Roos, Spaldington, North Frodingham and Strensall. Strenasll and Spaldington can be discounted as Strensall had a circular target and Spadldington was close to clear remains of the Howden sheds. I would say Pickering and Roos look the most likely but as targets changed during the war, the late war photos may not show the same thing.

The only target I have seen with light and dark colours was at Snape but that was the reverse of those here. Incidentally the IBCC has a nice vertical of Wardley range, although not labelled as a bombing range.

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29 Jan 2022 12:01 #3 by Ossington_2008
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Off the top of my head, the only Yorkshire range that wasn't coastal I could readily name was Spaldington. Rather than try the, now useless, Old Maps website for matching field boundaries, I figured it was quicker to come on here. You would not believe the amount of time I waste every day on t'interweb. (acording to SWIMBO) Thank You Mr P!

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29 Jan 2022 16:41 #4 by Peter Kirk
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I have attached two maps of the suspected ranges to help with comparisons. The Roos one shows the two locations of the range, pre 1943 and post 1943. I ssume the earlier smallr range is the one to focus on given the suspected dates of the photo.




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