RAF Needs Oar Point

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RAF Needs Oar Point
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Lymington, Hampshire in England
Needs Oar Point airfield.jpg
The location of the airfield in 2014
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RAF Needs Oar Point
Shown within Hampshire
Coordinates 50°46′23″N1°25′53″W / 50.77306°N 1.43139°W / 50.77306; -1.43139
Type Advanced Landing Ground
CodeNI
Site information
Owner Air Ministry
Operator Royal Air Force
Controlled by RAF Fighter Command
Site history
Built1944 (1944)
Built byRAF Airfield Construction Service
In useApril 1944 - November 1944 (1944)
Battles/wars European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation9 metres (30 ft) [1] AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
00/00 Sommerfeld Tracking
00/00 Sommerfeld Tracking

Royal Air Force Needs Oar Point or more simply RAF Needs Oar Point is a former Royal Air Force advanced landing ground located near Lymington in Hampshire, England. [2] Constructed in 1943 it was used from April 1944 as a base for Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber squadrons of No. 146 Wing of the 2nd Tactical Air Force supporting the Normandy landings. All four operational squadrons moved to RAF Hurn for two weeks before moving on to France by July 1944 and the airfield was returned to agricultural use in 1945. [3] [4]

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Citations

  1. ↑ Falconer 1998, p. 65.
  2. ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 169
  3. ↑ Needs Oar Point Archived 14 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Needs Oar Point Airfield
  5. 1 2 Jefford 1988, p. 67
  6. ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 79
  7. ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 81
  8. ↑ Sturtivant 2007, p.223
  9. 1 2 "Needs Oar Point". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust . Retrieved 25 April 2022.

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