NEW FOREST AIRFIELDS OF WW2 : RAF NEEDS OAR POINT (NEW FOREST NATIONAL PARK)

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4 жыл бұрын

This video - an exploration of the site that was RAF NEEDS OAR POINT - is the third part of a series of short videos where I visit the site of former RAF Airfields that were in existence during World War Two.
Having visited three former WW2 RAF Airfields - at RAF Beaulieu, RAF Holmsley South & RAF Ibsley - during my series on "New Forest Walk" videos, I was keen to visit the sites of the other nine RAF airfields that were also in operation during World War Two.
My objective was to visit each site & see what evidence was still there (if any) of it's former existence and to find out a little bit of the history behind the airfield.
Rather than just stand by the side of a busy road & point the camera at an empty field (or industrial estate) and give a bland narration, I decided to produce the clips (between 2 to 5 minutes on each site) with a mixture of video footage interspersed with text, photos & background music.
I must stress that I am not an expert or historian and so I apologise if I have made any mistakes with the facts (please do correct any incorrect information by adding a comment). Indeed if you have any other information regarding the sites that you feel may be of interest to other viewers, then please feel free to comment.
I really wanted to see what was still there at each site, after 75+ years, and to record it for the future. Please do check out all of the videos in the series.
Here are the links to the "New Forest Walk" videos that visited New Forest WW2 Airfield sites:
RAF Beaulieu • NEW FOREST WALK : RAF ...
RAF Holmsley South • NEW FOREST WALK : RAF ...
RAF Ibsley • NEW FOREST WALK AT RAF...
Maps courtesy of Google Maps.
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@SpitfireCGI 2 жыл бұрын

A fantastic and important video ,a great recall of everything that happened there.

@DaveFord 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@GG-ch1hm 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely video. A lot of hard work went into building the airfield for it only to be used for a short time.

@DaveFord 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. :)

@annjakeman9571 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, hard to imagine what was there when all that exists now is green fields, nice poem at the end 😊

@DaveFord 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ann. You would never give those fields a second look just driving by and yet they have their own story to tell!

@MrMortyUK 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Dave, Awesome videos! I saw you on the Bald Explorers videos about the Ashley walk bombing range. A real font of knowledge I find it/you very interesting. Im a local lad, used to live in ferndown now im in southampton. I was wondering if you ever take people with you on your walks? Id love to come and hear some of this local history first hand.

@DaveFord 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind comments. All my walks are just me & Logan (my dog). Hopefully folk will be able to follow the directions of my walks (I always try and put up a Google Map that can be cross referenced with an OS map) and be able to look out for some of the aspects that I point out in the videos. You might be interested in the Friends Of New Forest Airfields (they have a website) as they sometimes put on talks / walks etc. The book "Ashley Walk - Its bombing range, landscape & history" by A Pasmore & N Parker is certainly well worth getting & reading - you will find it very interesting. Cheers. Dave.