NEW FOREST AIRFIELDS OF WW2 : RAF LYMINGTON & RAF HURN

This video - an exploration of the two sites that were RAF LYMINGTON and RAF HURN- is the fourth part of a series of short videos where I visit the sites of former RAF Airfields that were in existence during World War Two.

Having visited three former WW2 RAF Airfields - at RAF Beaulieu, RAF Holmsley South & RAF Ibsley - during my series on "New Forest Walk" videos, I was keen to visit the sites of the other nine RAF airfields that were also in operation during World War Two.

My objective was to visit each site & see what evidence was still there (if any) of it's former existence and to find out a little bit of the history behind the airfield.

Rather than just stand by the side of a busy road & point the camera at an empty field (or industrial estate) and give a bland narration, I decided to produce the clips (between 2 to 5 minutes on each site) with a mixture of video footage interspersed with text, photos & background music.

The site at RAF HURN is now Bournemouth International Airport and so I was restricted as to what I could actually see - hence the reason why all I am doing is just standing on the outside perimeter fence and filming ! However I didn't want to leave the site out of the series!

Historic Maps NLS Maps 'Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland'  https://maps.nls.uk/index.html

Aerial pictures courtesy of Google Maps.
Music from the Youtube Audio library.

I must stress that I am not an expert or historian and so I apologise if I have made any mistakes with the facts (please do correct any incorrect information by adding a comment). Indeed if you have any other information regarding the sites that you feel may be of interest to other viewers, then please feel free to comment.

I really wanted to see what was still there at each site, after 75+ years, and to record it for the future. Please do check out all of the videos in the series.

Here are the links to the "New Forest Walk" videos that visited New Forest WW2 Airfield sites:

RAF Beaulieu    • NEW FOREST WALK : RAF BEAULIEU (NEW F...  

RAF Holmsley South    • NEW FOREST WALK : RAF HOLMSLEY SOUTH ...  

RAF Ibsley    • NEW FOREST WALK AT RAF IBSLEY (NEW FO...  


Maps courtesy of Google Maps.

Information Sources: Wikipedia, Historic England & British History Online.

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