RAF Lymington

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About

RAF Lymington was a temporary Advanced Landing Ground on the Hampshire coast, used in 1944 in the build-up to the invasion of Europe. The Republic P-47 Thunderbolts of the USAAF’s 50th Fighter Group flew ground-attack and patrol sorties from its strip over the Channel and Normandy beachheads before the unit moved on to France. The airfield was given up later in 1944 and the land returned to agriculture, with little trace remaining.

Sources: This page was compiled from publicly available historical sources, including Lymington — Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust and RAF Lymington — Wikipedia. The text is original and has been written from factual source material; no source text has been copied unless specifically quoted and attributed.

Photographs

Remains of Lymington Airfield, Snooks Farm. Built in 1943, the airfield was used by American Thunderbolt aircraft in support of the D-day landings. The airfield was returned to farming in 1946. A single blister hangar remains, to the left of which is a white modern building. An Alvis Stalwart 6x6 is parked outside. The presence of a wind sock suggests some continued aeronautical usage. See also 174714.
ⓘ licence & creditPeter Facey / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Remains_of_Lymington_Airfield,_Snooks_Farm_-_geograph.org.uk_-_174708.jpgView source & full licence →
Plaque about Lymington Airfield 1940s. This plaque is at the eastern end of the byway from Snooks Farm, a few hundred yards south of the blister hangar shown in 174708.
ⓘ licence & creditPeter Facey / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plaque_about_Lymington_Airfield_1940s_-_geograph.org.uk_-_174714.jpgView source & full licence →
Gatehouse on corner of Shotts Lane. This impressive entrance and gatehouse leads nowhere. However, on seeing the layout of the defunct Lymington Airfield (174714) it seems likely this gatehouse originally led to Pylewell House to the southeast but that the drive was destroyed when the airfield was built (I am speculating here). Shotts Lane is at right; the road going straight ahead is from Lymington to South Baddesley.
ⓘ licence & creditPeter Facey / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gatehouse_on_corner_of_Shotts_Lane_-_geograph.org.uk_-_174731.jpgView source & full licence →
ⓘ licence & creditDavid Martin / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Track_and_hangar_at_former_RAF_Lymington_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5009746.jpgView source & full licence →
Aerial photograph of Lymington Airfield, Hampshire, England.
ⓘ licence & creditBritish Government / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lymington-22may44.jpgView source & full licence →

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