During wartime, airfields the size and specification of RAF Beaulieu had a cinema to help entertain the personnel on site. Films as well as shows could be shown there, as a stage could also be set-up...
Welcome to my dedication to the RAF Beaulieu airfield in the New Forest (USAAF Station 408). You can follow my project as I discover more about the history, heritage, walks, and sites of interest.
RAF Beaulieu History: Most Recent Research
In Memory of 2nd Lt. Stanley Fish Who Flew from Beaulieu Airfield in 1944
This article reports the death of 2nd Lt. Stanley Eugene Fish who took off from Beaulieu Airfield, known as USAAF Station 408 at the time. If you are a member of his family and would like me to...
RAF Beaulieu had an accommodation area called the Defence Site. It was located in what we know as Stockley Inclosure, on the bend of the B3055 road, west of Hawkhill Inclosure’s bomb store...
Some of you might have heard about or stumbled across a plaque on the Beaulieu Airfield heathland. It’s not too far from one of the perimeter track and runway edges and commemorates two gentlemen,...
WW2 Memories of Beaulieu Airfield & the New Forest: Jack Humby, Forest Keeper
Jack Humby was born in the early 1900s and spent his whole life in the New Forest. By the time the Second World War started, Jack was living with his family in Stockley Cottage working as a forest...
From 1945 to 1950, the Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment (AFEE) came to the RAF Beaulieu Airfield to start testing aircraft and parachute systems. Locals would have seen all sorts being...