Raf Ibsley

Royal Air Force Station Ibsley or more simply RAF Ibsley is a former Royal Air Force station in Hampshire, England. The airfield is near the village of Ibsley, about 2mi north of Ringwood and about southwest of London. Opened in 1941, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces. In the Second World War it was used primarily as a fighter airfield. After the war it was closed in 1947. Today the remains of the airfield are mostly quarry lakes, with an abandoned control tower overlooking the water. HistoryUnited States Army Air Forces useIbsley was known as USAAF Station AAF-347 for security reasons by the USAAF during the war, and by which it was referred to instead of location. It's USAAF Station Code was "IB". USAAF Station Units assigned to RAF Ibsley were: 327th Service Group 329th and 79th Service Squadrons; HHS 327th Service Group 21st Weather Squadron 32nd Mobile Reclamation and Repair Squadron 3rd Radio Squadron 40th Mobile Communications Squadron 83rd Airdrome Squadron 98th Station Complement Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (70th Fighter Wing)Regular Army Station Units included: 555th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion 692nd Quartermaster Battalion 926th Signal Battalion 1113th Signal Company 1180th Quartermaster Company 1292nd Military Police Company 1829th Ordnance Supply & Maintenance Company 2200th Quartermaster Truck Company 332nd Signal Company 807th Chemical Company (Air Operations) 878th Signal Depot Company 900th Signal Depot Company

Royal Air Force Station Ibsley or more simply RAF Ibsley is a former Royal Air Force station in Hampshire, England. The airfield is near the village of Ibsley, about 2mi north of Ringwood and about southwest of London. Opened in 1941, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces. In the Second World War it was used primarily as a fighter airfield. After the war it was closed in 1947. Today the remains of the airfield are mostly quarry lakes, with an abandoned control tower overlooking the water. HistoryUnited States Army Air Forces useIbsley was known as USAAF Station AAF-347 for security reasons by the USAAF during the war, and by which it was referred to instead of location. It's USAAF Station Code was "IB". USAAF Station Units assigned to RAF Ibsley were: 327th Service Group 329th and 79th Service Squadrons; HHS 327th Service Group 21st Weather Squadron 32nd Mobile Reclamation and Repair Squadron 3rd Radio Squadron 40th Mobile Communications Squadron 83rd Airdrome Squadron 98th Station Complement Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (70th Fighter Wing)Regular Army Station Units included: 555th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion 692nd Quartermaster Battalion 926th Signal Battalion 1113th Signal Company 1180th Quartermaster Company 1292nd Military Police Company 1829th Ordnance Supply & Maintenance Company 2200th Quartermaster Truck Company 332nd Signal Company 807th Chemical Company (Air Operations) 878th Signal Depot Company 900th Signal Depot Company