Aerial photos of BoB Airfields?

No1 Cheese · #1 06-04-2011, 03:50 PM

Hi guys,not being lazy,i have googled etc.Can anyone point me in the direction i can get aerial pics of BoB Airfields,at the moment im trying to populate Biggin Hill and im finding it surprisingly hard to come across any pics.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks

Cheese

#2 06-04-2011, 10:05 PM

i tried this about a month back and promptly gave up, but will bump you anyway

bongodriver · #3 06-04-2011, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by No1 Cheese

Hi guys,not being lazy,i have googled etc.Can anyone point me in the direction i can get aerial pics of BoB Airfields,at the moment im trying to populate Biggin Hill and im finding it surprisingly hard to come across any pics.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks

Cheese

Heres a strange thing......you can view historic aerial images in google earth but when you look at biggin hill in 1945........it dissapears (twilight zone music)

Sauf · #4 06-05-2011, 02:50 AM

Here is a diagram I have of Kenley, am sure I have others, just have to find the right books as the missus has packed them all away.

Letum · #5 06-05-2011, 04:30 AM

Many airfields from the period still exist in some form today.
Take a look at a modern satellite image and you will still see runways, hard stands, munition bunkers and control towers and rotting Nissan huts on many ww2 fields.

my closest field is here:
http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll...33023&t=k&z=16

It still has plenty of features, including the tower. It is far from unique.

Sauf · #6 06-05-2011, 05:16 AM

A Luftwaffe map of Biggin Hill no details unfortunatley, not sure if it will be much help.

No1 Cheese · #7 06-05-2011, 07:13 AM

Thanks Gents.Im amazed at just how hard it is to hold of this stuff.Kenley map is spot on mate,i wish i started on Kenley now but its just that i was brought up 10 miles away from "The Bump" and as a kid i used to cycle up there on a sunday morning and have a wonder about.

Cheers
Cheese

ATAG_Dutch · #8 06-06-2011, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by bongodriver

Heres a strange thing......you can view historic aerial images in google earth but when you look at biggin hill in 1945........it dissapears (twilight zone music)

Very True.

In bored moments at work over the last 4 years, I took to sticking pins in every airfield I could find on Google earth, then googling the name of the local villages with 'RAF' in front of them to name the airfield. Zoom in to anywhere in Norfolk and you'll spot the typical letter 'A' shape of the runways, even if it's long disused.

Which brings up a further question. The arrangement of the runways at Biggin in the game looks 'wrong' as they more or less come to an apex at one point rather than the classic 'A' shape.

Does anyone know if this is accurate or not?

Cheers.

Bakelit · #9 06-06-2011, 06:52 PM

Maybe this thread from another BoB sim helps a little:

http://shockwaveproductions.com/foru...d0b0152dfab935

Not a lot but it's a start. The A2A BoB2 modding crew has a wealth of historical knowledge and there should be much more info buried in other forum threads. And... I love that sim for its AI!

No1 Cheese · #10 06-06-2011, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Bakelit

Maybe this thread from another BoB sim helps a little:

http://shockwaveproductions.com/foru...d0b0152dfab935

Not a lot but it's a start. The A2A BoB2 modding crew has a wealth of historical knowledge and there should be much more info buried in other forum threads. And... I love that sim for its AI!

BLOODY BRILLIANT,cheers mate

Cheese