2008
SU2312 : Main runway of defunct Stoney Cross airfield, New Forest
taken 16 years ago, near to Fritham, Hampshire, England
Main runway of defunct Stoney Cross airfield, New Forest
This airfield was built in 1942. It was used by RAF Army Cooperation Command, to develop paratroop dropping and glider towing skills, to drop supplies to SOE in France, and to assemble American WACO gliders. In 1944, squadrons of the 367th Fighter Group, 9th USAF supported D-Day landings, and bombers from the 387th Bomber Group operated from the airfield until September 1944. Flying ceased in 1946 and the airfield was returned to the Forestry Commission in 1956. The concrete surfaces of the airfield were dug up and crushed in three phases in 1966, 1990 and 2000.
This view is looking down the main runway, which was 2000 yards long and originally three times wider on the righthand side. What is left forms the road from Stoney Cross to Linwood.
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