In this photo of a 66th TRW Voodoo taken in 1968, I would like to try and find the name of the town over which it is flying. I realise that this may be a tall order but perhaps someone with local knowledge may have the answer. Probably south UK in the vicinity of UH….Oxford perhaps??
By: l.garey - 17th January 2011 at 16:07
And post 20:
I thought of Nörvenich (town and end of runway), but it does not quite fit.
Laurence
By: pagen01 - 17th January 2011 at 16:01
Is that the beginning of a runway on the right of the picture ?
I refer you to posts 2 & 3, that’s partly why we are suggesting places near airfields.:)
There’s also something that looks a bit like the end of a runway to the right,
I did wonder if it was Bicester & M40 with Heyford’s runway to the right, but it isn’t.
Do people read entire threads anymore:rolleyes::D
Is that another camp or something at upper left?
At the edge at 11 o’clock look like a complex of apartments.
Top left ‘apartments’ could be barracks ?!
By: stevew62 - 17th January 2011 at 15:35
Is that the beginning of a runway on the right of the picture ?
By: AMB - 17th January 2011 at 14:42
Don’t know how sharp the original print is, but have a look at that motorway and see if the traffic is driving on the left or the right? Just a thought re the UK v. Europe debate. Because of the field pattern I feel it may be over France or Germany. The 66 TRW moved from Laon, France to Upper Heyford in 1966 and at that time some of their RF-101Cs were camouflaged and some were still silver. I would assume that when they received their first camo machines (in France) they sought an opportunity to take some air-to-air shots to assess the camo and also for PR purposes. Having a few official 66 TRW PR photos in my archives,I don’t recall them taking more air-to-air official photos after they got to Heyford, but I may be wrong.
By: l.garey - 16th January 2011 at 09:53
I thought of Nörvenich (town and end of runway), but it does not quite fit. I shall ask an ex-Laarbruch ex-Canberra friend if he can spot it.
Laurence
By: Atcham Tower - 16th January 2011 at 09:23
I agree with Mike. The angular field patterns are the giveaway. Did you ever wonder why German aircraft had straight line camouflage patterns and the RAF had wavy ones?
By: mike currill - 16th January 2011 at 08:55
Looks distinctly Germanic to me.
By: bazv - 16th January 2011 at 08:19
Top left ‘apartments’ could be barracks ?!
By: bazv - 16th January 2011 at 08:16
I didnt think it looked like the uk either,of course the town may be significant for some reason,I had a look round yesterday at where the 17th + 18th sqns had previously been based (even back to WW2) because of what appears to be a runway threshold ctr right…but couldnt really match up anything !
By: Batman - 16th January 2011 at 03:53
At the edge at 11 o’clock look like a complex of apartments. Doesn’t look UK-ish, poss France, prob Germany.
By: markb - 16th January 2011 at 03:32
The motorway intersection is not a UK-type design. We’d have just stuck a roundabout over the junction. Suggests Europe, especially France, where there were few roundabouts in the ’60s (if any).
By: pagen01 - 15th January 2011 at 21:50
I can’t get it to match Huntingdon ,Alconbury area, I’m not saying it isn’t there mind, and some of the features are very similar. That lake at middle left should help identification of town.
My leaning is towards Germany,maybe on a NATO RAF cross exercise? The Weeze, Laarbruch area looks very similar, but again I can’t get it to match properly.
Is that another camp or something at upper left?
By: 91Regal - 15th January 2011 at 20:57
When you enlarge the photograph you can see the courses of silted up/drained rivers snaking across the landscape – this is typical of reclaimed low-lying land, and fits the Fenland location suggested by Graham. Otherwise we’re talking about drained/reclaimed land on the continent, particularly Holland. I’ve had a quick look on Bing maps around the Alconbury area but can’t much up any particular features from the photo, although I suppose that would be problematical after 44 years or so.
By: GrahamSimons - 15th January 2011 at 18:21
That looks VERY much like Huntington, with the edge of Alconbury at the top.
The dual carriageway is the Huntington bypass, with Spittles Interchange just visible and the river Ouse running in the foreground. Might be wrong though!
By: ZRX61 - 15th January 2011 at 18:19
That intersection on the main road just above & to the left of the tail might be a hint, where do they design them like that?
By: J Boyle - 15th January 2011 at 18:11
Thanks guys. Keep the responses coming.
France is a possibility but not from Laon which the 66th left in 1966.
The camoflague paint should give a indication of timeframe.
I’d guess the photo would be 1966 at the earliest.
By: Fouga23 - 15th January 2011 at 18:09
I think France or Germany. Not Belgium.
By: lindoug - 15th January 2011 at 17:55
Thanks guys. Keep the responses coming.
France is a possibility but not from Laon which the 66th left in 1966.
By: Scott Marlee - 15th January 2011 at 17:47
dont know why, but i get a rather french feeling from this photo
By: T-21 - 15th January 2011 at 17:27
It does look like Europe are they autobahns in the picture . The 66th TRW also flew from Laon in France .
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