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Can you identify this aerodrome

I have just come across this aerial photo of a pre war aerodrome. Can someone tell me which one it is it is please.

Many thanks

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By: Newforest - 31st March 2025 at 14:21

From local knowledge, it is Hamble, now sadly defunct.:(

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By: pagen01 - 31st March 2025 at 14:21

Hamble I reckon, I know Ensigns were assembled there and had to cross a road to get to the airfield site.

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By: Consul - 31st March 2025 at 14:21

Hamble
See attached background details: http://www.hamblelocalhistory.hampshire.org.uk/Airfield.htm
Also second diagram: http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/airfields/ham.html

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By: Ian Sayer - 31st March 2025 at 14:21

There’s an Armstrong Whitworth AW27 ENSIGN 1 of Imperial Airways (G-ADSU) sitting in one of the hangars. That aircraft first flew in November 1938.
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By: Arabella-Cox - 31st March 2025 at 14:21

Denham maybe?

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By: Dr Strangelove - 31st March 2025 at 14:21

Bally Kelly had puff puffs running through it, not saying this is BK though.

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By: Papa Lima - 31st March 2025 at 14:21

No idea, myself, but isn’t that a railway line running right across it? Should facilitate identification!

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By: daveg4otu - 31st March 2025 at 14:21

Yes – it is Hamble …more pictures from my website at the link below clearly show the hangar in detail.

http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/airfields/ham2.html

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By: darnsarf - 31st March 2025 at 14:21

You can align the photo pretty much exactly to the present day, there’s been a lot of house building inside the curve of the railway line which has resulted in the demise of most if not all of the airfield buildings pictured, but the field itself is still there.

http://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm?lat=50.86484410085011&lon=-1.3218917964285195&gz=16&oz=9&gt=1

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By: Ian Sayer - 31st March 2025 at 14:18

Thank you everybody. Another mystery solved!
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