New Forest Airfields Memorial

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Reference WMO/239955

Address:

Black Lane

Bransgore

Christchurch

BH23 8EA

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Other monument
Materials:
  • Metal Iron
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Geographical Marker: A memorial to remember the 12 airfields within the New Forest area. Large, stone plinth, flared at base, constructed from stone blocks. Front face of monument displays an airplane propeller. Below are 12 plaques inscribed with gold lettering, giving the name of each of the airfields. The memorial has a seating area to the front and a paved walkway to the monument. The whole is enclosed by an iron fence. Included within the fenced area is a a descriptive panel on a stone block detailing the location of all the airfields. There are two small gardens flanking the enclosed area. Affixed to the internal side of the railings are two individual, small plaques commemorating individual service personnel and one plaque dedicated to those who helped to see the memorial project to fruition.
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1939 - 1945 New Forest Airfields. Beaulieu. Hurn. Christchurch. Calshot. Stonycross. Winkton. Needs Oar Point. Bisterne. Sway. Ibsley. Lymington. Holmsley South.

Individual plaques - 1st Lt. William Frost Jr.; 1st Lt. Joseph H. Vivian; 1st Lt. Benjamin F. Kitchens; 1st Lt. Russell S. Fredenhall; 1st Lt. Joseph C. Joyce Jr.; 2nd. Lt. Charles E. Labno; 1st Lt. Bert Espy Jr.; 1st Lt. Robert W. Green. Captain Darrell R. Lindsey United States Army Air Force.

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