RAF Lymington (USAAF station 551)

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). The airfield was a temporary facility using wire mesh Sommerfeld Tracking for the runways. This was later replaced with Marsden Matting (pierced steel plates) for the east-west runway.

All 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. A commemorative plaque has been installed by Alan Brown. However few other traces of the former airfield exist!