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here is a little fun, can you name this airfield?

I think I saw it in "Mars Needs Moms"

I try:

Midland Airfield, Blythe, CA
33.85 North / 114.8 West (East of Los Angeles, CA)

http://members.tripod.com/airfields_fre ... side_E.htm

Nope not yet, it is on the AE map.

Wendover?

I will name it Steve.

Oh great and powerful Steve!

Not "Steve" or wendover.

Alice Springs?

RAAF Corunna Downs?

I agree with the Cap'n. The pathetic thing is that I think someone's already posted it and I remembered. In with the Corunna Downs photography memorization, out with Kreb's cycle...[8|]

Good call Cap!

Corruna Downs it is. Hard to imagine the 380th bomb group flew a few missions from there.

talk about the ass-end of nowhere.

I see space to make a level 9 airfield

ORIGINAL: AcePylut

I see space to make a level 9 airfield

Plenty of space...no good roads or rail connections I can see though.

ORIGINAL: Thayne

I will name it Steve.

Oh great and powerful Steve!

I like it![&o] I like it a lot![:D][:D][:D]

Where's all the hangers and stuff ?? Or is this a more recent photo after everything got torn down ? It is indeed hard to believe that anything could've been stationed let alone flown from there [X(]

ORIGINAL: moonraker

Where's all the hangers and stuff ?? Or is this a more recent photo after everything got torn down ? It is indeed hard to believe that anything could've been stationed let alone flown from there [X(]

Hangers and stuff?? This was a forward operating airfield in Australia in 1942....

The winding road at the top of the picture is the taxiway and there would have been revetments (if they were lucky) amongst the trees. The dispersals would wave been similar to the picture below (taken at Townsville).

Western Australia is a long way from the Arsenal of Democracy...

ID number
NEA0034
Object type
Black & white
Physical description
Black & white
Collection
Photograph
Description
Townsville, Qld. Among a camouflaged dispersal bay supported by underwing trestles a DAP Beaufort bomber aircraft, serial no. A9-255, code KT-K, of No. 7 Squadron RAAF, probably at Reid River or Macrossan airfield, with the servicing party working on it.

Permalink: http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/NEA0034

Considering how far inland it was- they'd be lucky to have trees big enough to park a plane under- much less revetments.

Here is a site with more pics. Pretty desolate area.

http://www.ozatwar.com/ozatwar/corunnadowns.htm

Yes I know some parts of Australia are very remote from major population centres. Must've been a bugger re-supplying it I would imagine [8D]