HER Record
HER ID: 54605, Winkton Advanced Landing Ground
HER Summary: WWII airfield.
HER Category: Monument
HER Web Link: No link available
Investigation Activities
Type: Air Photo Survey
Description: The main outline of the airfield observed on an AP dated 1946
Date Range: 1946 - 1946
Type: Desk Based Assessment
Description: Maritime Archaeology Ltd (MA Ltd) has been commissioned by the New Forest National Park Authority (NFNPA) to undertake an archaeological desk based assessment for the New Forest Remembers – Untold Stories of World War II.
Date Range: 2013 - 2013
Type: Desk Based Assessment
Description: A review of aerial photographs and digital mapping of results was carried out by the Historic Environment Service of Cornwall County Council for the aggregate producing areas in Hampshire.
Date Range: 2006 - 2008
Type: Air Photo Survey
Description: The main outline of the airfield observed on an AP dated 1946
Date Range: 1946 - 1946
Type: Desk Based Assessment
Description: Maritime Archaeology Ltd (MA Ltd) has been commissioned by the New Forest National Park Authority (NFNPA) to undertake an archaeological desk based assessment for the New Forest Remembers – Untold Stories of World War II.
Date Range: 2013 - 2013
Type: Desk Based Assessment
Description: A review of aerial photographs and digital mapping of results was carried out by the Historic Environment Service of Cornwall County Council for the aggregate producing areas in Hampshire.
Date Range: 2006 - 2008
Historic Events
Type: Built
Classification: Military Airfield
Form: Earthwork
Description: (1)It was built in 1943 by the RAF construction units. It came into use in 1944 and was used by the 404th USAAF fighter group (in the form of 404th fighter group) they stayed for 3 months. Winkton Advanced Landing Ground was one of 4 landing grounds in the Avon Valley. Being for temporary use the runways etc. were merely compacted earth overlaid with Sommerfield steel matting. A few months after the USAAF left the steel plank and mesh runways were removed and airfield reinstated as agricultural land in autumn 1944 and closed in January 1945. Winkton Advanced Landing Ground was a special type of World War Two military airfield constructed in 1943 for use during D-day preparations (interpretation by NMP) Winkton ALG built in 1943 and used from 1944 until the summer of 1944, when ALG's moved to France after D Day established bridge head (interpretation by MA Ltd)
Date Range: 1943 - 1945
Type: Built
Classification: Military Airfield
Form: Earthwork
Description: (1)It was built in 1943 by the RAF construction units. It came into use in 1944 and was used by the 404th USAAF fighter group (in the form of 404th fighter group) they stayed for 3 months. Winkton Advanced Landing Ground was one of 4 landing grounds in the Avon Valley. Being for temporary use the runways etc. were merely compacted earth overlaid with Sommerfield steel matting. A few months after the USAAF left the steel plank and mesh runways were removed and airfield reinstated as agricultural land in autumn 1944 and closed in January 1945. Winkton Advanced Landing Ground was a special type of World War Two military airfield constructed in 1943 for use during D-day preparations (interpretation by NMP) Winkton ALG built in 1943 and used from 1944 until the summer of 1944, when ALG's moved to France after D Day established bridge head (interpretation by MA Ltd)
Date Range: 1943 - 1945
