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|location= Hampshire, England
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|pushpin_map = Hampshire
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|image= Needs Oar Point airfield.jpg
|caption= The location of the airfield in 2014
|type= Airfield
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|used= 1943-1945
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}}Royal Air Force Needs Oar Point was a Second World War advanced landing ground located near Lymington in Hampshire, England.^[1] Constructed in 1943 it was used from April 1944 as a base for Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber squadrons of No. 146 Wing of the 2nd Tactical Air Force supporting the Normandy landings. All four operational squadrons moved to RAF Hurn for two weeks before moving on to France by July 1944 and the airfield was returned to agricultural use in 1945.^[2]^[3]

Units and aircraft

No. 193 Squadron RAF with Hawker Typhoon IBs from 11 April to 3 July 1944.^[4]
No. 197 Squadron RAF with Hawker Typhoon IBs from 10 April 1944 to 3 July 1944.^[4]
No. 257 Squadron RAF with Hawker Typhoon IBs from 10 April 1944 to 2 July 1944^[5]
No. 266 Squadron RAF with Hawker Typhoon IBs from 10 April 1944 to 29 June 1944; it temporarily moved to RAF Snaith in Yorkshire between 27 April 1944 and 6 May 1944.^[6]
No. 413 (Polish) Repair and Salvage Unit was based on the airfield between 19 June 1944 and 21 July 1944.^[7]

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Notes

1. ^Jefford 1988, p. 169
2. ^Needs Oar Point {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714071943/http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/airfields/nop.html |date=14 July 2009 }}
3. ^Needs Oar Point Airfield
4. ^¹Jefford 1988, p. 67
5. ^Jefford 1988, p. 79
6. ^Jefford 1988, p. 81
7. ^Sturtivant 2007, p.223

Bibliography{{refbegin}}

{{cite book |last= Jefford |first= C.G. |title= RAF Squadrons |year=1988 |publisher= Airlife Publishing Ltd |isbn= 1 85310 053 6}}
{{cite book |last=Sturtivant |first=Ray | title = RAF Flying Training and Support Units since 1912 | publisher = Air-Britain | year = 2007 | isbn = 0-85130 365 X}}

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6 : Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom|Military units and formations established in 1943|Military units and formations disestablished in 1945|Royal Air Force stations in Hampshire|1943 establishments in England|1945 disestablishments in England

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