An inspection of post war verticals in the 'Airfields ... Then and Now' series reveals no standardization.
1. Some airfields have the 'X' at the runway ends, others up to 200 yards down the strip.
2) Some depict a '+', others an 'X'. The latter can be a 90 degree or a 60 degree (ish) cross.
3) Many of the verticals show bombs and ammunition on the runways - none of these have 'EX' on the strips. Somewhat worrying a few don't have even an 'X'
Graham
Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite
Could the standardisation and the use of EX have come later, perhaps very late 40s or 50s? I have seen an EX but I can't decide whether it was photo or a diagram. Be nice to see one in context.
I was just about to get my copy of AOTETAN but I don't need to bother now. The Bomber Command one uses mostly wartime aerials so will be of little use.
The marking for "Airfield in use as a Bombing Range" is interesting.
I wonder if the missing white X was the result of rain washing the whitewash off?
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
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