ROYAL AIR FORCE SOPLEY

STARLIGHT AND SOUTHERN RADAR

Welcome to the updated and revised web site featuring the story of RAF Sopley in Hampshire.

John Levesley, May 2006

  note this May 2006 upgrade included many new photographs

For accommodation in the area of the former RAF Sopley click here

Starlight  (RAF Sopley 1940 -45)

 
Cold War Guardian (RAF Sopley 1953 - 1974)

 
Station Brochure (RAF Sopley 1964)

 
The last days and the Final parade (RAF Sopley September 1974)

 
After the RAF left
 

also visit Nick Catford's superb website about subterranean sites with a detailed section on Sopley

and the Defence Electronics History Society at www.dehs.org.uk.

The Defence Electronics History Society (DEHS) gathers and shares knowledge of the development and operational use of land, sea and air based electronic equipment and systems for defence."
 

Used to be at RAF Sopley? 

Why not contact the

RAF Sopley Association Membership Secretary

Raymond Porte, 10 Buttermere Close, Maybush, Southampton. Hants. e mail
raymondporte@btinternet.com
 for details of the Association, its newsletter and reunions.

Looking for wider contacts amongst former RAF personnel?

Try

http://www.worldwar2exraf.co.uk/

World War 2 Ex RAF.co.uk is now one of the largest dedicated websites on the
Internet for those seeking to be reunited with old friends or for those
looking for information about someone who served in the Royal Air Force
during the Second World War.