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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4721 Post by om15 » Sat Jan 04, 2020 5:33 pm

Thank you Ex A, that took a little bit of finding, I'm sure that you will find this easier,

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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4722 Post by om15 » Sat Jan 04, 2020 8:46 pm

A former Luftwaffe night fighter base, later in more peaceful times I worked there and listened to RR Darts, Speys and Tays.
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4723 Post by om15 » Sun Jan 05, 2020 8:29 pm

Geen interesse tot nu toe? je hoeft niet zo ver over de grens te reizen.
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4724 Post by om15 » Mon Jan 06, 2020 11:32 am

Wow, you really don't like this one, look carefully and you might see some tulips
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#4725 Post by Capetonian » Mon Jan 06, 2020 11:37 am

Trying to think of an RAF base in NL but near the border with DE. It should be easy.
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4726 Post by om15 » Mon Jan 06, 2020 11:43 am

Not an RAF base.
Luftwaffe, RNAF and also housed an aircraft manufacturers Service centre. Was going to house nuclear missiles but a treaty stopped that before deployment.
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4727 Post by Tall Bird » Mon Jan 06, 2020 1:42 pm

Woensdrecht!

Last night Mr Fox and I trawled for an hour along Belgian and German borders looking for bases in NL. I remember reading about Woensdrecht and now not sure why we rejected it then. Very interesting articles online and dits from Mr Fox. ;)))
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4728 Post by om15 » Mon Jan 06, 2020 5:00 pm

It is Woensdrecht!
Beginning to think everyone had gone home. Just over the border from Antwerp near Bergen Op Zoom, I spent three months here once at the Fokker Service Centre with a severely damaged F27, very nice area.
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#4729 Post by Tall Bird » Mon Jan 06, 2020 5:29 pm

Thanks om. It was a joint effort with Mr Fox: I did the reading, he did the looking. http://www.ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Netherlands.pdf

How about this:
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4730 Post by Woody » Mon Jan 06, 2020 5:35 pm

Looking a bit Canadian.
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4731 Post by Tall Bird » Mon Jan 06, 2020 5:43 pm

Wrong continent Woody. There is a more famous 'big house' nearby ...
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4732 Post by om15 » Mon Jan 06, 2020 8:36 pm

I reckon we are oop north in Yorkshire, Nunnington Hall
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4733 Post by Tall Bird » Mon Jan 06, 2020 11:26 pm

It is Nunnington Hall (NT) in Ryedale - a beautiful spot by the river on a summer's day. Wonderful interiors and also home to the Carlisle collection of miniature rooms:
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On the day we visited there was a lot of aviation action over the Howardian Hills - BBMF and others out to play.

Well spotted om. Your go ...
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4734 Post by om15 » Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:42 am

Thank you TB,



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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4735 Post by Ex-Ascot » Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:08 am

Wales?
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4736 Post by om15 » Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:45 am

Not Wales, but not that far away in the border country.
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4737 Post by tango15 » Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:10 pm

Is this perchance the burial site of the immortal bard. Holy Trinity at Stratford-on-Avon?
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4738 Post by Ex-Ascot » Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:41 pm

Looked at the four bordering counties plus SW counties down as far as Cornwall. Must have missed it.
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4739 Post by tango15 » Tue Jan 07, 2020 4:14 pm

tango15 wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:10 pm
 Is this perchance the burial site of the immortal bard. Holy Trinity at Stratford-on-Avon?
Doh! Warwickshire isn't one of the border counties, is it? :-q
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#4740 Post by om15 » Tue Jan 07, 2020 5:35 pm

Sorry chaps, we are in an area that is next to South Wales, west of the River Seven. Haven't seen Izod Tester for a while.
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