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RAF Lymington, Hampshire, 1944. Artist: USAAF Photographer.

RAF Lymington, Hampshire, 1944. Opened before D-Day in 1944 it was a prototype for temporary landing fields used across France in WW2. The airfield was used by RAF, RCAF and US units including USAAF 50th Fighter Group, but was closed down in 1946. Photographed by the USAAF Photographer.

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Title:

RAF Lymington, Hampshire, 1944. Artist: USAAF Photographer.

Caption:

RAF Lymington, Hampshire, 1944. Opened before D-Day in 1944 it was a prototype for temporary landing fields used across France in WW2. The airfield was used by RAF, RCAF and US units including USAAF 50th Fighter Group, but was closed down in 1946. Photographed by the USAAF Photographer.

Credit:

Album / Heritage Images / Historic England Archive

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Image size:

4781 x 5063 px | 69.3 MB

Print size:

40.5 x 42.9 cm | 15.9 x 16.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1940S • 20TH CENTURY • 2ND WORLD WAR • AERIAL PHOTO • AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY • AERIAL SHOT • AERIAL VIEW • AIR BASE • AIRFIELD • BIRD'S EYE VIEW • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BRITAIN • BRITISH • CENTURY • CONCEPT • COUNTRY • COUNTRYSIDE • DECADE • ENGLAND • ENGLISH • FARMLAND • FIELD • FORTIES • GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE • GEOGRAPHY • HAMPSHIRE • LOCATION • LYMINGTON RIVER • LYMINGTON • MILITARY • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • PHOTOGRAPH • RAF LYMINGTON • RIVER • SECOND WORLD WAR • TRANSPORT • TRANSPORTATION • UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE • USAAF PHOTOGRAPHER • WAR • WARTIME • WORLD WAR II • WW2