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,...
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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...
Like the majority of structures on the site, the Beaulieu Airfield control tower no longer exists. It would have been demolished when the airfield was handed back to the Forestry Commission from 1960...
The Machine Gun & Rifle Range (147/41) at RAF Beaulieu Airfield
RAF Beaulieu was a Class A airfield. This meant it followed a template approach for Class A airfields of WW2, with similar buildings and facilities to others of this type. One such facility would be...
One aspect of RAF Beaulieu’s history without many records of, is what appears to be evidence and remains of a practice bombing target to the west of the airfield. It’s in a relatively...
When Beaulieu Airfield was handed back to the Forestry Commission in late 1959, the buildings and structures would have been dismantled. As a consequence there no structures left standing on the...