Talk:Tatoi Airport

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Useful sources

Athens/Tatoi/Menidi/Dekelia airport has a long history which is barely mentioned in the article. Here are some useful snippets from various sources that indicate there is plenty more detail to be unearthed.

Wikimedia Commons have images from the Hellenic Air Force museum, and from WWII (suggested search= "Greek Air Force Tatoi")
Hellenic Air Force website; https://www.haf.gr/en/history/museum/
Hellenic Air Force Museum – photo gallery from a German magazine; https://web.archive.org/web/20120426023133/http://www.fly-in-magazin.de/2011/12/06/hellenic-air-force-museum-griechenland-athen/

Google Earth satellite imagery shows a number of Grumman Ag-cats, and that Greece is still paranoid about allowing any satellite imagery of its air bases, even when there is nothing (sensitive) to see.

RAF No. 211 Squadron history; http://www.211squadron.org/tatoi_today.html

This gives a (historical) overview of the airfield e.g.

...in the 1930s, when the aerodrome known as Athens (Tatoi) was of some importance to international airlines.
 The extent of the permanent buildings, reflects the pre-war status of Tatoi as the civil airport of Athens
 In World War II, the proximity of the Royal palace caused the RAF to adopt Menidi as the name of the airfield, {note; sometimes preferring “Menidi (Tatoi)}
Today the airfield is occupied by the HAF as Dekelia-Tatoi Air Base,

Imperial War Museums; RAF: Operations Albania/Greece, 1940-1941. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205208732

e.g. photo of Bristol Blenheim Mark I, L1381 'VA-G', of No. 84 Squadron RAF, at Menidi/Tatoi, Greece, preparing for a raid on an Italian port in Albania. (1941)

And returning to Wikimedia Commons, here is another image from the IWM, showing a 211 squadron Blenheim, landing at Menidi (Tatoi)

FYI I am deeply involved in other projects at this time, so please feel free to use these resources to improve this article. Failing that, remind me to come back here in about six months time.

WendlingCrusader (talk) 04:20, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]