What airfield

Anyone got a link to 1944 list of airbases? There was a paperback book, but mine’s in the UK!

Maybe this helps:
A Catalogue of UK Airfields with Latitude & Longitude
Alphabetical list of WW2 airfields in Great Britain This one has OS Ref that you put in Multimap.com.

RAF Ouston (search Harlow Hill in Live Local) it has 3 runways, one with an extension, and what looks like 2 reservoirs to the SW.

SJM

I’d wondered about Kirknewton, especially with the two big resevoirs to the south, but they didn’t meet Jagrigger’s description.

never thought about the quarries (They aren’t flooded on GE/LL) – are they rectangular?

What Airfield?

Mmm, beaten to it – I was going to suggest Kirknewton. Turnhouse has an extended runway too, but it’s attachment to Edinburgh airport is too obvious. Kirknewton looks in good condition from a plane to Aberdeen. Northumberland or Yorkshire airfields are too far away to be contenders, as they are more than 20 mins flying time on a commercial flight to Aberdeen. I do this journey regularly when flying home to the frozen north!

The fact that Kirknewton also has the flooded quarries makes it prime contender. Hope that helps!

How about Kirknewton,just south of Edinburgh?
Has two flooded quarries close by.

I agree that Topcliffe does look very similar except for the reserviors. Now, if the farmer has poly tunnels in that brown field at 2 o’clock I’d say it’s a good match – that field is the right shape and size……………………

As the timings are only estimates i’m still thinking Topcliffe as there are what look like a couple of rectangular reservoirs around half a mile off the 13/31 runway. All the runways are there and the main has an extension.

I’m voting for East Fortune. The only other candidate that I can thing of would be Errol, but that is besde a rather large and obvious river.

Best wishes
Steve P

Jagrigger,
You can try ‘FlashEarth’ at http://www.flashearth.com/

I Still think it’s Eshott, only because I am the bloke who never wins a raffle, or gets mentioned in despatches, is overlooked by humanity…I need a break in life !:D I want to win at something in my life, even if you are not giving out a prize:p

Go on, have a peep at flashearth……and Eshott @ 55. 16. 56 N – 1. 42. 43 W
Go on, you know it makes sense;)

Sorry guys – magical mystery tour of Norweigian hotels, coupled with my refusal to continue paying £10 a night for internet access means I’ve been off for a couple of days.

Crail – too near the sea. I was looking out of the port side and down at an angle. I would have seen it.

Coningsby/Leuchars – 22 yrs in the RAF – Nope, not those

Arbroath – the runways arn’t the correct layout – tht one is too ‘off to one side’

Errol – not intact enough. The airfield looked in very good condition, and totally intact

As I said, not long after clearing high ground, not near urban connerbation, rectangular ( very regular shape – not trees ) reservoirs just outside boundary, intact, classic intersecting 3 runway layout, main runway looked lengthened.

Anyone got a link to 1944 list of airbases? There was a paperback book, but mine’s in the UK!

I wonder if we are all looking in the wrong Place?

Not flown from Norwich, but every other flight from ‘down south’ routes up the West Coast.

A (very) long shot – Brunton perhaps?

Though it has no lengthened main runway, and no obvious reservoirs.

But, if woods can be mistaken for reservoirs, and two cross runways have been shortened then maybe its an outside possibiltiy?

Teeside fits the extended runway layout, but is perhaps too far south?

Perth would presumably be too far north?

Paul F

You are right DaveF68, no reservoirs at Eshott. What I thought were reservoirs are in fact woods. The problem is that did jagrigger mistake those woods for reservoirs:eek:
I have been up and down the country from Norwich to Aberdeen, and cannot find a better match than Eshott….. at the moment:p

My initial thoughts are Crail… 56.2675 , -2.60694

http://www.content-delivery.co.uk/aviation/airfields/Crail.html

No resevoirs, and a bit out the way for civilian flight.

Leuchars and Conningsby

No resevoirs at Eshott either. Same goes other candidates, Errol & Arbroath.

Flights would be Dash 8-400/QT, so whow far can Dash * fly in 20 minutes, allowing for approach etc?

…or Leuchars perhaps…

JagRigger said no HAS, so that’s out.

Boulmer seems to be long gone.

You can still see the runway outline (and the Sea King SAR flight).

Is that Phantom gate guard still there?

Eshott looks promising as well… or Leuchars perhaps…

Could be Eshott, It has a lengthened main R/W, with what look like a couple of reservoirs , some twenty or so miles North of Newcastle next to the A1
Location 55. 16. 56 N – 1. 42. 43 W

Coningsby??

http://www.content-delivery.co.uk/aviation/airfields/Coningsby.html

I like a challenge… looking at some possible routes I can guess this airfield must be somewhere between 55N (Newcastle) – and 56.5N (Edinburgh’ish) and 1-3W… so I`ll have a look on my list and see what appears…

Although I expect if anyone has a Northern Half Mill topo handy they’ll arrive at an answer quicker….

My initial thoughts are Crail… 56.2675 , -2.60694

http://www.content-delivery.co.uk/aviation/airfields/Crail.html

What type of aircraft were you flying in – 20 minutes out of Aberdeen doesn’t sound too far South. I keep thinking East Fortune, but it doesn’t have the resevoirs

Any other waypoints?