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.
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RAF Beaulieu History: Most Recent Research
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...
Names & Nose Art of the 323rd BG’s B-26 Marauders That Flew from the Forest
On the 21st of July 1944, the 323rd Bomb Group arrived at Beaulieu Airfield, replacing their USAAF colleagues, 365th Fighter Group. Whilst under American control, the airfield was...
This article reports the death of Lt. Robert C. Steinhaus at Beaulieu Airfield which was known as USAAF Station 408 at the time. If you are a member of his family and would like me to edit or remove...