Where were these taken?

Dragons G-ACAO and G-ACTU at Weston super Mare 1939

I’m not sure if you ever resolved this question, nor what happened to the original photos but for what it is worth, here is a photo of DH Dragon Rapide G-ACTU with a DH Dragon G-ACAO taken in summer of 1939 and almost certainly at Weston-super-Mare.

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Whitchurch?

Dragon Rapide G-ACTU was based at Heston from 1934 to ’36, then went to Croydon, followed by Western Airways of Weston-Super-Mare in 1938.
Take your pick? Perhaps these names may jog some senior reader’s memory?

The reference to Weston-Super-Mare made me think, what about Whitchurch (Bristol) for shots 2 & 3. The second shot could show the concrete wall of the tower/terminal building/club house (Bristol & Wessex Aero Club) and they did build big hangars at the end of the 1930s. The BOAC fleet moved there from Croydon on the outbreak of war in 1939.

I’m not sure as to location, but shots 2 and 3 are clearly from the same location and angle but taken a while apart. In shot 2 with the hangar uncompleted, a row of what appear to be older pattern hangars is visible beyond on the other side of the field. Does this help?

I doubt if any of these are Hanworth – and the hangar in the 2nd and 3rd pics looks to me like a Bellman not a T.2. Not quite sure of the location though.

I reckon the first pic shows a Blenheim at Yatesbury (an E&RFTS was operated by the Bristol Aeroplane Co. pre-war).

Dragon Rapide G-ACTU was based at Heston from 1934 to ’36, then went to Croydon, followed by Western Airways of Weston-Super-Mare in 1938.
Take your pick? Perhaps these names may jog some senior reader’s memory?

I don’t think the third could have been at Hanworth as IIRC there were no T2 hangars there. The other shots seem to have too much concrete for Hanworth.

BTW – I visited Hanworth Park 20-odd years ago to find many hangars derelict but still standing. I also recall that the “other” magazine ran a news story a few years back which said that a number of General Aircraft documents & files had been found in a derelict building or bomb shelter – unfortunately many more had already been destroyed.