Ibsley Control Tower.Ibsley was a very busy RAF airfield in the last great war. It was the location for a morale-boosting wartime movie starring David Niven, and was taken over by the Americans in 1943. Ibsley played a major role in the D-Day invasion. It survived for precious few years, the airfield having been lost, almost entirely, to gravel abstraction. All that is left is a ruined control tower surrounded by lakes.Ibsley Historical Group have their base behind The Old Schoolhouse South Gorley. Their Open Day is the first weekend in August. Many of the buildings they use are old WWII structures.
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