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A chance in a 1,000,000 of knowing which airfield ! But any chance of someone having the same photo

15 Jun 2018 20:43 #1 by airfields man
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Found this photograph while clearing-out a cupboard this week. The usual 6''x4''size which makes me think it's one that I took. But it if is, then possibly only of an original photograph. Though surely it wouldn't be this clear.? I do remember during the 1980s air shows a lot of these war-time photographs had been copied at the same size, and could be bought from certain stalls. So maybe that is where I got it from..? There must be a copy of this published in some books somewhere..?
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15 Jun 2018 21:01 #2 by netcompsys
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My first thought was a still from the films 633 Squadron or Mosquito Squadron which were filmed at Bovingdon

I used to go to Bovingdon after it closed down and before the prison was built in the early 70s to service the TACAN which was co-located with the VOR there at that time, and I dont recall the horizon being that bare

In addition both aircraft have underwing drop tanks in your photo, and a quick flick through stills from the film and I didnt see them on the aircraft they used

The only other time I saw Mosquitos flying was at a Skyfame airshow at Staverton, which must have been in the late 60's, and again the airfield horizon is not that bare and they were the same aircraft
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15 Jun 2018 23:00 #3 by IanDDavidson
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Found this photograph while clearing-out a cupboard this week. The usual 6''x4''size which makes me think it's one that I took. But it if is, then possibly only of an original photograph. Though surely it wouldn't be this clear.? I do remember during the 1980s air shows a lot of these war-time photographs had been copied at the same size, and could be bought from certain stalls. So maybe that is where I got it from..? There must be a copy of this published in some books somewhere..?



It's so tough when there are just no clues. :(

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16 Jun 2018 07:40 #4 by PaulGiverin
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The airfield is almost certainly in East Anglia because of the flatness. I know they had mosquitoes at Marham and here is a photo of a Mosquito at Marham.

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16 Jun 2018 09:18 #5 by airfields man
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That is a wonderful photograph, but according to Action Stations No 1 Military airfields of East Anglia. That was at Little Snoring.
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16 Jun 2018 09:56 #6 by PaulGiverin
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That is a wonderful photograph, but according to Action Stations No 1 Military airfields of East Anglia. That was at Little Snoring.


You may be right. I relied on the caption on the website I linked to which said "De Havilland Mosquito, RAF Marham 1944.". Hard to know for certain I suppose.

I do know that there were Mosquitoes at Marham.

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16 Jun 2018 10:55 #7 by Bloodhound1949
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The airman seems to be wearing a forage cap,these were in general use in the R.A.F. until replaced by the beret in about 1950.The fuselage roundel has quite a large area of white(type D,?) , introduced in 1947 or so.......It would seem therefore that it is a post-war photograph 1947-1950....The fuselage aerial mast seems absent with the hint of a whip aerial on the front starboard above the cockpit canopy...Just a few ramblings...Without more info it will be virtually impossible to locate the airfield,oh dear!
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16 Jun 2018 14:15 #8 by airfields man
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Someone on another site suggested it could be a B35 Mosquito as it has a enlarged bomb bay. If correct, it may be off on a raid somewhere.
I was hoping that this photograph, with a caption, was going to be in a book someone has. Would be nice to know for sure.
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16 Jun 2018 18:05 #9 by Bloodhound1949
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A very good point about the bulged bomb bay....I think it was also fitted to B XVI ,P.R. XVI together with P.R.34...I think the B.35 came too late for war service but I believe both XVI variants flew operationally during the Hitler war.

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16 Jun 2018 22:30 #10 by Peter Kirk
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If it's a wartime shot it can't be Marham as it was a grass landing area until it closed for rebuild to VHB sometime in 1944. I assume it's not a Coastal Command aircraft?
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