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RAF Lymington (USAAF station 551)

RAF Lymington from the air in 1944
RAF Lymington on 22nd May 1944.

Lymington Airfield was built by an RAF Airfield construction unit in winter of 1943. Two runways were constructed, E/W 1600 yds,N/S 1400 yds, along with several blister hangars (source: Wikipedia). One of these remains (see below). It was a temporary facility using wire mesh Sommerfeld Tracking. This was later replaced with Marsden Matting (pierced steel plates) for the east-west runway.

Aerial photo of what remains Lymington airfield todayAll that is left of Lymington airfield. The remaining Blister Hangar has been recently renovated and a private runway is in operation. Probably a plane is kept in the blister hangar. However few other traces of the former airfield exist! More photos of the airfield today.

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