Google location

[Keith Webb]

Go to Google Earth

37 degrees 58'05.61"S
145 degrees 10'11.94'E

Elev 265' and tell me what you see.

[Plushy]

A house with trees a road and some cars thats from 400 metres eye alt and theres an empty block near by . So whats there ???

[Keith Webb]

Not to mention wusty old tanks - it's John Belfield's spread.

[Plushy]

Problem is if you go to your original posted location its no where ! . Check the numbers under the image you posted .

[Keith Webb]

Just testing to see whether you noticed.

[Plushy]

Keith go to this location and tell me what you see !

37 degrees 21`57.23" S
144 degrees 08`42.87" E

[Keith Webb]

I see this - could be anything:

[Plushy]

Its Barry McCahons Sawmill

[Tony Smith]

Ok, who can guess the meaning behind all these patches of dead grass at the following location:

[Plushy]

Graves of people who steal Blitz parts ???

[Tony Smith]

Hint

[Plushy]

Tony thats a very sad place so many Blitz lost forever

[Tony Smith]

Here's another one:

33 deg 51.29' 84"S
150 deg 46.46' 86"E

Besides the PLANEly obvious, What is the place and who owned it?

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Tony Smith

Besides the PLANEly obvious, What is the place and who owned it?

Looks like Badgery's Creek, is that where they were talking of building the new Sydney airport? I think it was once the site of a astronomy telescope.

Incidentally, on Live Earth, the Canberra is no longer there, I think their picures are more up to date.

[Tony Smith]

Originally posted by Richard Farrant
Looks like Badgery's Creek, I think it was once the site of a astronomy telescope.

Good, but before that? Yes, it was the site of 3 radio telescope installations built up from surplus wartime RADAR gear, the 1st called Mills Cross, used by CSIRO before the Parkes 68m Dish was built. (Seen the movie "The Dish?)

But what was the place in WW2, and who used it?

And where's the Canberra bomber gone? I wouldn't have thought it airworthy!

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Tony Smith

But what was the place in WW2, and who used it?

And where's the Canberra bomber gone? I wouldn't have thought it airworthy!

Tony,
...........was it the Fleurs field station for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation?

Using Microsoft Live Earth, which seems to be newer images, the Canberra and adjacent buildings are gone and at the NW end of the "runway" (at least it looks like it could have been), there are not so many buildings there either. Probably trucked the plane out.

[Tony Smith]

Hmmm, you've been Googling, methinks.

Yes, at one time it was the Fleur field site for the CSIRO Radioastronomy program, but BEFORE THAT, in WW2, it was Fleur Airbase. This was the parent airfield for the US Navy Fleet Air Arm, which also controlled 5 other minor "Satellite" strips.

It is believed that this base was the point from which the only sucessful Air Raid on the Lithgow Small Arms Factory was launched. The Americans quite embarassed the AA defences, but it did prove Naval Aviators had the navigational skill to cross the featureless mountains, which was believed at the time to be a significant natural defence from Air Attack.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Tony Smith
Hmmm, you've been Googling, methinks.

Tony,

Actually I did not find any reference to an airstrip, but thanks for the link.

What was the Canberra doing there?

[Paul Singleton]

How about this one:

43 56'46"n, 78 28'07"w

Paul

[Paul Singleton]

Forgot the elevation, 525 ft

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Paul Singleton
How about this one:

43 56'46"n, 78 28'07"w

Paul

Paul,

On Regional Highway 2, South of Peterborough and East of Oshawa, looks like a yard full of rusty CMP's.

Is there a story to tell?

[Paul Singleton]

This is Elliotts Auto Parts near Newtonville where most of Dirk Leegwaters Canadian sourced CMPs came from. I think someone posted pictures of this yard on the forum earlier this year.

Paul

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Paul Singleton
This is Elliotts Auto Parts near Newtonville where most of Dirk Leegwaters Canadian sourced CMPs came from. I think someone posted pictures of this yard on the forum earlier this year.

Paul,

It looked like there had been heaps more vehicles in that yard at one time. Thanks for the link.

[gjamo]

46 45"31 63" 7 36 44'30"

[Richard Farrant]

Right, see if you can identify the vehicles at these two locations

51 degs 09' 09.50" N
0 degs 51' 29.20" E


51 degs 09' 00.93" N
0 degs 52' 13.89" E

Note to Hauptman Ball, Winnington, Geoffrey.

Esteemed Obergruppenführer, perhaps the thread would be more appropriately titled:

The Constance Babington-Smith Interpretation Society.



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