The Day a Luftwaffe Plane Landed at RAF Christchurch
The morning of Wednesday the 30th of April 1941 began like any other day at RAF Christchurch. That was until 11:15 am, when a distant buzzing…
The morning of Wednesday the 30th of April 1941 began like any other day at RAF Christchurch. That was until 11:15 am, when a distant buzzing…
I recently saw a photo of this very strange flying machine on Twitter. It piqued my interest as despite its space-age appearance the photo was…
According to New Forest legend there is a plane at the bottom of Hatchet Pond. The story has many different elements and variations to it…
The New Forest and surrounding areas has a rich Second World War aviation history. During WW2 it was witness to huge activity. Below you can…
During the Second World War, the New Forest was a hive of aviation activity with large airfields and bases including RAF Beaulieu, Calshot, Holmsley South,…
In Spring of 1944, the New Forest airfields were teeming with RAF and USAAF fighter bombers in preparation for D-Day. The coastal locations of the…
From 1951 to 1955, huts on the closed RAF Stoney Cross airfield near Lyndhurst were taken over by the New Forest District Council to be…
During the Second World War, the New Forest area was a hive of aviation activity with airfields and bases such as RAF Beaulieu and Calshot….
During the first half of the Second World War, the threat of invasion was very real. As a result, Britain embarked on a program of…