RAF Winkton
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RAF Winkton was a temporary Advanced Landing Ground laid out in Hampshire near Christchurch and used in the summer of 1944. With wire-mesh runways, it was home to the Republic P-47 Thunderbolts of the USAAF’s 404th Fighter Group, which flew ground-attack sorties over Normandy in support of the invasion. The strip was dismantled soon afterwards and the land returned to farming, leaving no recognisable trace today.
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