Stumbled on this image in ‘Scotland’s Places’ website, taken by an RAF Mosquito in 1947, showing the old Longman airport, Inverness, now an industrial estate.
Another caption mentions that the JU.52 beside the sheds is ex-Luftwaffe, and that’s a Short Stirling being scrapped in the bottom right.
Two of the sheds are still there (can’t tell from Google Maps if they still have camo!), and also the hangar…
http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/image.php?service=RCAHMS&id=203160&image_id=SC682699
By: wieesso - 2nd February 2012 at 10:11
Great! The photo was shot only two months before “On 31 August 1947 the last civil movement occurred at Longman and from now on all civil operations were based on Dalcross.”
http://www.btinternet.com/~graeme.kirkwood/Airports/Invair.htm
GE has a photo from January 1945 (without any aircraft – presumably censored)
By: Moggy C - 2nd February 2012 at 09:24
BEA round then used JU52s on Scottish routes. They called them Jupiter Class.
Moggy
By: scotavia - 2nd February 2012 at 08:35
Thanks Al, good findI will have a go at matching it to one of my recent views.
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