page_title: RAF Stoney Cross
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Stoney Cross
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial photograph of Stoney Cross Airfield, England. Note&#160;: this version is rotated to place North at top.
context_page_description: RAF Stoney Cross is a former World War II airfield in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. The airfield is located approximately 4 miles northwest of Lyndhurst and 12 miles west of Southampton.
  Opened in 1942, it served both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces. During the war it functioned primarily as a combat bomber and fighter airfield. It closed in January 1948.
  Today the remains of the airfield sit on New Forest Crown land managed by the Forestry Commission.
context_section_description: RAF Stoney Cross is a former World War II airfield in the New Forest, Hampshire, England.  The airfield is located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Lyndhurst and 12 miles (19 km) west of Southampton.
  Opened in 1942, it served both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces. During the war it functioned primarily as a combat bomber and fighter airfield. It closed in January 1948.
  Today the remains of the airfield sit on New Forest Crown land managed by the Forestry Commission.
caption: Aerial Photo Mosaic of Stoney Cross Airfield - 5 September 1943 while additional construction of dispersal hardstands and taxiways on the southwest side of the 07/25 runway.  From the air, Stoney Cross was very distinctive, the spur shape being dictated by the terrain on which it was built.    The airfield was first planned as an emergency landing ground equipped with facilities.  While under construction,  the design was changed several times and eventually became a fully equipped airfield and station.
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