What aerodrome is this Demon being test flown at ?

Rogier, thank you again. Can I ask you to post a link to this thread on the raf in Suffolk forum, I don’t want end up on too many forums as I get clipped on the ear just for being on this one for too long when apparently I should be cleaning gutters….

Another possibility with the latest photograph is to ask:

http://www.suffolkaviationheritage.org.uk/contactus.htm

about access to the Luftwaffe aerial photograph of Martlesham Heath. There is a 1946 aerial view but a lot can happen in a decade.

Sadly, the very person who could give you a definitive reply has just sadly passed away.

http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/tributes_to_gordon_kinsey_founder_of_martlesham_aviation_society_1_3979194

Might be worth posting this latest pic up on:

http://rafinsuffolk.activeboard.com/f490695/raf-martlesham-heath/

among others.

Ladders to reach the fuel tanks in the upper wing?

Thank you

From, ‘British Flight Testing, Martlesham Heath 1920-1939’ by Tim Mason,published by Putnam (ISBN:0 85177 857 7)

In April 1936 the Australian version of the Hawker Demon A1-1 completed trials.

Comrades Whitley, WL745, Aeronut, Jagx204, Wieesso and Rogier,
Thank you for a speedy and detailed ID, it’s good to give the photo it’s correct context. These came from some damaged large format negs which looked like they were made in an old style survey camera by the size. They were protected by a thin film which had shrivelled, distorting the image underneath, but were restored by retouching in photo shop, so the effort has been rewarded by your ID.

From FK Masons ‘Hawker Aircraft since 1920’ pg 193:
“March 1935 saw the delivery of the first eighteen Australian Demons…with the second batch of thirty six delivered during 1936.”
So in context of the previously referenced “In April 1936 the Australian version of the Hawker Demon A1-1 completed trials” and identification of the Belfast type hangar this looks like the second batch being tested. In another photo A1-42 is identified sitting next to A1-19.

The links to the Heritage Survey of the site today are fascinating, not the least because this was the place that looks like it exported more to Australia in the form of the nuclear weapons detonated over Maralinga…
Below is another image of the group which may show more detail of Martlesham Heath which it would be good to confirm.

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I wonder what the ladder like devices in the foreground are ? Stretchers for bombs ?

Any bombing trial might have been observed from the building, as seen in the sixth photo:

http://www.luphen.org.uk/public/2011/orford_ness.htm

Reference to a Belfast Truss Hangar here but will take some searching:

http://services.english-heritage.org.uk/ResearchReportsPdfs/010_2009WEB.pdf

I tried to compare these two
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A bombed up Aussie aircraft in front of a UK hangar. My bet is that its being tested by the A&AEE at Martlesham Heath

From, ‘British Flight Testing, Martlesham Heath 1920-1939’ by Tim Mason,published by Putnam (ISBN:0 85177 857 7)

In April 1936 the Australian version of the Hawker Demon A1-1 completed trials.

A bombed up Aussie aircraft in front of a UK hangar. My bet is that its being tested by the A&AEE at Martlesham Heath

[ATTACH=CONFIG]236075[/ATTACH]Looks like this?Renfrew airport

It’s a Belfast truss Hangar. Which airfield, now that’s a different matter….