Google Earth - WW2 Artifacts and other Related Objects

Do you think it is safe to have pics of Airfield or Military areas online. I mean, if we have access, surely terrorist group wont stay behind. A blue print of an airfield would be more than enough for them to blow it up.

 

Will some kind member please post the link to the definitive list of GOOGLE EARTH sites of WW2 interest ?

I know I have seen it somewhere. I think it was Adam who posted it, but can't find the bloody thing for love nor money !

Many thanks

Ron

 

Owen

Mille Grazie !

Ron

 

This had me thinking, late 1950s early 60s we would (at relatives) stay at Montrose, then on the links there was a municipal 9 hole golf course -'pitch and putt'. Much to explore many of the gun emplacements were still extant. The RAF aerodrome was closed, the stop butts were still in situ with the target gear still there. I note now on Google Earth butts (top of drome outline N.E) can still be seen minus metal work. WW1 and WW2 station. The claim is that Montrose was Britain's first operational airfield, 1913, It does have it's own resident ghost.




Ghosts at Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre. The hauntings of LT Desmond Arthur.


+56° 43' 45.07", -2° 26' 58.12"

 

[*]The Aeroplane Graveyard: 32° 9'15.63"N 110°49'59.03"W[/LIST]

... and Americans wonder why the US Government pays $4000 for a toilet seat.

 

Adam

Many, many thanks !

Ron

 

CATALINA DOWN

PBY Catalina wreck, Gulf of Aqaba, Saudi Arabia.
In 1960, Thomas Kendall, his family, and a photographer from Life magazine set off on a round the world pleasure trip in this Catalina.
On 22nd March they touched down in the Gulf of Aqaba.
The following day they were attacked with automatic gun fire from a headland nearby by local people who had mistaken them for Israeli commandos.
Mr Kendall and his secretary were injured and 4,000 litres of fuel poured onto the sand. After interogation in Jeddah they were all released.











Computer-enhanced pics- WW2 Photos

 

that's a cracker!

Time story here

 

T-34 a couple of miles from Big Ben.
Apparently it was once used as a prop in a few films then ended up here.













Nice camo job




The turret has mysteriously swung round in this Bing map view. (unlike Google Earth, Bing does 3D oblique views)
Bing Maps - Driving Directions, Traffic and Road Conditions


YOUTUBE VID: http://youtu.be/Snj_8HyDxYk

 

V2 Launch Site, i was wacthing a doc these days (Operation CrossBow) and they used Spitfires with cameras to take photos in 3D and one day they discover this spot.








50°42'19.27"N 2°14'31.85"E

 

RAF Ridgewell/Station 167 near Haverhill in Suffolk (although Ridgewell is in Essex) - Home to Stirlings of 90 Squadron before 1943 and then USAAF 381st Bomb Group with B-17's.
Co-ords: 52° 2'39.21"N 0°33'35.92"E

 

I've just started on a project to develop a virtual tour of the military installations during the height of WW2. I need help in two areas. (1) Images of 6-inch naval guns (Vickers type) in operation; and, (2) images of gunners in BD uniform (male and female).

Any help you can provide would be appreciated.

 

Lisahally Londonderry Pier, were the U-Boot fleet surrendered, use to play on it as a kid

55° 2'14.71"N 7°16'11.40"W

 

Excellent use of links to Google Earth etc here:
http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/research-material/46409-anti-aircraft-h-gun-sites.html

 

Has anyone mentioned the abandoned Bren Carrier on Sable Island, NS, Canada yet?

 

Fruitcake, got the coordinates for that?

 

Cheers for that Adam, why is the carrier there?