RAF Stoney Cross

50.9143, -1.6534 — view on OpenStreetMap ↗

About

RAF Stoney Cross was built in the New Forest in Hampshire and opened in 1943. It was used by the United States Army Air Forces — the P-38 Lightnings of the 367th Fighter Group and the Martin B-26 Marauders of the 387th Bombardment Group — and by RAF transport squadrons. Flying ended in 1948, and the land returned to the Forestry Commission; a minor road now runs along the old main runway, with campsites on the former dispersals and a memorial recalling the station.

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

Photographs

Disused airfield at Stoney Cross
ⓘ licence & creditMike Parsons / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Disused_airfield_at_Stoney_Cross_-_geograph.org.uk_-_628690.jpgView source & full licence →
Concrete road on the former Stoney Cross airfield, New Forest A surviving section of the concrete road that was part of the Second World War airfield at Stoney Cross. It looks like this area used to be used for car parking, but has recently been closed off (and thus no need for a gate between the posts in the foreground).
ⓘ licence & creditJim Champion / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Concrete_road_on_the_former_Stoney_Cross_airfield,_New_Forest_-_geograph.org.uk_-_805069.jpgView source & full licence →
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Short S.29 Stirling. Stirling C Mark V, PK143, of No. 242 Squadron RAF, on the ground at Stoney Cross, Hampshire.
ⓘ licence & creditMiller (Flt Lt), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aircraft_of_the_Royal_Air_Force_1939-1945-_Short_S.29_Stirling._CH16499.jpgView source & full licence →
Aerial photograph of Stoney Cross Airfield, England. Comment : South is at top.
ⓘ licence & creditBritish Government / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stoneycross-5sep43.jpgView source & full licence →
Aerial photograph of Stoney Cross Airfield, England. Note : this version is rotated to place North at top.
ⓘ licence & creditBritish Government / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stoneycross-5sep43-2.jpgView source & full licence →

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