Curtiss JN-3 (A5496) Crash at RFC East Boldre, March 1917
I was recently emailed these photos of brass pulley rings by the New Forest Heritage Centre, asking if I could shed any light on them….
I was recently emailed these photos of brass pulley rings by the New Forest Heritage Centre, asking if I could shed any light on them….
I’ve been researching the history of the New Forest’s wartime airfields for several years, and occasionally this work turns up something unexpected. One of the…
Did you know that there’s a possible wartime connection to these photos shown below? Above you can see in a clockwise direction from the right….
In July 1944, Bournemouth beach opened to the public again after being off-limits for most of the Second World War. People flooded back onto the…
This interview was conducted by Ian Bayley of Sabrestorm Publishing. The new book from John Leete can be purchased from online retailers and bookshops. I…
A few weeks ago, I teamed up with Dan Snow, the famous historian (who you might recognise from TV), to go hunting for hidden bunkers…
Today marks the anniversary of what I believe to be the worst air accident of the Second World War that happened over the New Forest…
In December 1934, a young German scientist attempted to fire a rocket from Lymington golf course in the New Forest, over to the Isle of…
Standing on western boundary of the site of the wartime RAF Holmsley South airfield is the New Forest Airfields Memorial. It was unveiled on August…