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Where is this wartime image taken?

11 Dec 2014 10:30 #1 by REF
Where is this wartime image taken? was created by REF
I have had this photo sent to ARG by Sean Feast who is trying to work out the location.

By way of a steer, it comes from the album of a 515 Squadron Defiant pilot who served at Heston and Hunsdon


Any help appreciated

Thanks

Rich

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11 Dec 2014 10:46 #2 by Peter Kirk
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If it is Hunsdon some people will be pleased to see this photo.
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13 Dec 2014 14:19 #3 by Denis
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Reply as per Richard Flagg's request......Definitely not Hunsdon. The tower is surely the main clue in this image.

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13 Dec 2014 14:48 #4 by Paul Francis
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Agreed. It could be a pre-war station like Gravesend, the building on the right appears to be older than WWII. The tower I fiddled with in paint.net and sometimes it appears to be L-shaped and others a 3-storey 343/43 so I have no idea. There might be a T2 in the distance, Gravesend had 2, but the buildings do not match.
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13 Dec 2014 15:13 #5 by Peter Kirk
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Not Gravesend as the two pre-war hangars are not there. It looks odd as the tower is on its own and the hangar also looks like an F type as well as a T2. It looks like a new build or extension based on the saplings but is strangely empty! Post war perhaps?
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13 Dec 2014 15:20 #6 by REF
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Thanks for the reply's everyone, I have been looking at the huts and they don't look like the usual Temporary Brick type, could it even be overseas?

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13 Dec 2014 16:04 #7 by ted angus
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The guys are both Cpls; they appear to be wearing battledress with collar and tie so I would guess this is actually a very late WW2 or more likely a post WW2 picture ????

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14 Dec 2014 09:16 #8 by PETERTHEEATER
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What are the three clerestory roofed buildings on the left middle distance?

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14 Dec 2014 11:12 #9 by airfields man
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Can't see any tape on the windows of the nearest building, so probably post-war as already said.
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14 Dec 2014 11:16 #10 by canberra
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As the tower appears to be out on its own it makes me think its Manston.

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