Mystery building on airfield in Whirlwind footage

17 Feb 2016 23:05 - 17 Feb 2016 23:08 #1 by Peter Kirk
The attached still shows a low flypast by Whirlwinds of 263 Sqn, allegedly in 1943. What interests me is the building ringed as to my eyes it looks like a wooden quadrant shelter! The still is at around 4:14 near the end.


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Feed back on Youtube suggests Ibsley or Warmwell but the building still looks odd, any ideas?

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18 Feb 2016 14:33 #2 by PETERTHEEATER
Replied by PETERTHEEATER on topic Mystery building on airfield in Whirlwind footage
I have viewed the film sevedal times and am inclined to Warmwell as the location. The opening shots show the line of aircraft facing a road running parallel with a wooded area. The west edge of Warmwell had this feature. Warmwell was, at one point, an Armament Training School. A gaggle of Whirlwinds is shown dropping GP 250 pound bombs in level flight and Warmwell had a bomb store whereas Ibsley did not. There again, many of there record films had unrelated shots spliced in!

If it is Warmwell then the low flying aircraft in your structure scene must be flying directly south with the airfield hangars in the southeast.

The quality of the film is poor and the unidentified structure indistinct yet appears quite tall and therefore hazardous to low-flying a/c.

Water tower? :ohmy:

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