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RAF Station Winkton is a former World War II airfield in Hampshire England. The airfield is located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Christchurch; about 89 miles (143 km) southwest of LondonOpened in 1944 Winkton was a prototype for the type of temporary Advanced Landing Ground type airfield which would be built in France after D-Day when the need advanced landing fields would become urgent as the Allied forces moved east across France and Germany.
