eaw033309 ENGLAND (1950). Scrap aircraft parts on Colerne Airfield, Colerne, 1950

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Title [EAW033309] Scrap aircraft parts on Colerne Airfield, Colerne, 1950
Reference EAW033309
Date 5-October-1950
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Place name COLERNE
Parish COLERNE
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 379837, 170896
Longitude / Latitude -2.2901031765054, 51.436211970336
National Grid Reference ST798709

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WW2 aircraft parts

Sparky
Wednesday 6th of September 2017 10:34:43 PM
Lancaster bomb doors.

ken
Tuesday 4th of August 2015 05:50:21 PM
Sub station with blast wall

Dan Gregory
Tuesday 11th of November 2014 10:22:56 PM
Spitfire wings ?

frothy
Wednesday 24th of September 2014 07:26:57 PM
Spitfire type F22. Fatal crash on landing at RAF Abingdon, 24th July 1950

Bob Fraser
Wednesday 2nd of December 2015 02:36:20 AM
Runway 07 at Azimghur Barracks, Colerne, Wiltshire

Eoin O'Connor
Monday 12th of May 2014 02:05:14 PM
Bristol Buckingham or Buckmaster

Lazy8
Sunday 27th of April 2014 06:44:46 PM

Class31
Saturday 26th of April 2014 11:07:17 AM
Lancaster nose

Martin D
Friday 25th of April 2014 11:42:31 PM

Martin D
Friday 25th of April 2014 11:39:14 PM

Martin D
Friday 25th of April 2014 11:38:09 PM

Martin D
Friday 25th of April 2014 11:37:25 PM

Martin D
Friday 25th of April 2014 11:36:44 PM

Class31
Saturday 26th of April 2014 11:20:21 AM

Martin D
Friday 25th of April 2014 11:35:53 PM
RAF Lancaster ASR.3 fuselage section, ex 279 Squadron

Martin D
Friday 25th of April 2014 11:35:01 PM
It'll need an aircraft expert to sort this lot out! but I think I can see a spitfire wing (PK513)

Andrew Bennett
Friday 25th of April 2014 12:40:36 AM
If I'm interpreting this properly, this number indicates that the runway points about 10 degrees north of due East. If so, then this image is taken looking a little to the West of North. The shadows indicate that it would be late afternoon.

Andrew Bennett
Friday 25th of April 2014 12:28:16 AM

User Comment Contributions

This is RAF Colerne, south west corner of the airfield.

I can identify 2 Spitfire fuselages and 2 Avro Anson fuselages.

Also a Lancaster fuselage + separate nose, Wellington wing section

Martin D
Tuesday 29th of April 2014 03:25:00 PM
Thanks Martin D, you may be interested to know that the original Aerofilms Ltd Register entry says "Scrap Planes, Gloucs". We’ll update the catalogue with the new location data and post the revised record here in due course.



Yours, Katy

Britain from Above Cataloguing Team Leader

Katy Whitaker
Tuesday 29th of April 2014 03:25:00 PM
A further page from the Official Programme of the Battle of Britain At Home Colerne held on Saturday September 14th 1957 which I attended.

Class31
Saturday 26th of April 2014 12:57:35 PM
A further page from the Official Programme of the Battle of Britain At Home Colerne held on Saturday September 14th 1957 which I attended.

Class31
Saturday 26th of April 2014 12:56:52 PM
A further page from the Official Programme of the Battle of Britain At Home Colerne held on Saturday September 14th 1957 which I attended.

Class31
Saturday 26th of April 2014 12:55:32 PM
I thought it might be nice to copy the cover of the Official Programme of the Battle of Britain At Home Colerne held on Saturday September 14th 1957 which I attended.

Class31
Saturday 26th of April 2014 11:29:33 AM
This NOT Abingdon Aerodrome.

- Yes, Abingdon does have a '08' runway, but the adjascent road pattern and perimeter track do not match this photo.

- Yes, Spitfire F22 PK513 was indeed destroyed in a fatal landing at Abingdon, after a flight from Andover on 24/7/50, but the possible presence of a Spitfire wing in the dump in this photo does not prove anything. In 1950, Spitfires were being decommissioned all over the country.

Finskin231
Friday 25th of April 2014 07:01:08 PM
Abingdon was a centre for repair and salavge and also has a 08 runway but I cant find a 1950's map to check if the road fits...

mcgeacs
Friday 25th of April 2014 12:48:20 PM
I can find a record of a Spitfire PK513 being written off in a fatal landing accident at Andover or possibly Abingdon..

mcgeacs
Friday 25th of April 2014 12:45:55 PM
PK513 crashed on landing at RAF Abingdon

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=160220

Malcolm
Friday 25th of April 2014 12:45:55 PM