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…
Mr Dring & His Fantastic Flying Machine “Thing”
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…
Hatchet Pond Plane Crashes, Myths, Drownings, & Military Activity
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…
WW2 New Forest Airfields Map & Locations
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…
Sway Airfield: The WW2 Emergency Landing Ground (ELG) / Decoy Site
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,…
The Heroic Wartime Actions of Patrick “Dumbo” Taylor Who Crashed Near Blackfield & Fawley
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…
Memories of Civilian Living at the RAF Stoney Cross Airfield aka Longbeech
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…
How These Local “Fields of Green” Played a Huge Role in WW2
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….
The New Forest’s Secret Underground Army & Hidden Bunkers
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…