The Ashley Walk Bombing Range Observation Shelter
The site of the WW2 Ashley Walk bombing range covers more than 5,000 acres in a northwest area of the New Forest. Established in mid-1940,…
The site of the WW2 Ashley Walk bombing range covers more than 5,000 acres in a northwest area of the New Forest. Established in mid-1940,…
During the Second World War, Hamble was home to an airfield as well as a Spitfire repair facility. The village is also on Southampton Water,…
The village of Hamble lies on Southampton Water and has some interesting Second World War history, some of which is still visible to this day….
RAF Titchfield near Fareham, Hampshire, was a non-flying unit and home to No 12 Balloon Squadron during the Second World War. From 1939 to 1945,…
In October of 2021 I was lucky enough to make a trip to Jersey. It’s a self-governing British Crown Dependency and is the largest of…
On the 30th of June 1940, the German army invaded the Channel Islands. Despite the islands not being of huge strategic significance, they were fortified with…
On the 30th of June 1940, the German Army landed in Jersey. They were to occupy the Channel Islands for five years. Whilst Jersey wasn’t of…
On a recent trip to Jersey, I was lucky enough to explore many German fortifications and remnants leftover from the Second World War. It’s a…
Before the Second World War, flights to and from Jersey were made via the St. Aubin’s Bay airfield. It officially opened in December 1933 but…