1940 airfields

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20 Jan 2010 22:26 #21 by Peter Kirk

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Carnaby;38067 wrote:
There's aome people on here as nutty as some of us .

And if we checked your favourites would that link be listed in them??

Actually knowing the dates and types of simple things like this helps date structures both in old photographs and real life buildings.

I suspect the "iron" bit stuck due to the rusty finish that is so common.
Must find out when zinc plating started on these sheets and how long it lasts before rust sets in.
Didn't the French make vans out of the stuff?

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20 Jan 2010 22:31 #22 by carnaby

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PNK;38072 wrote:
And if we checked your favourites would that link be listed in them??

Absolutely - from today! Though I note the website hasn't been updated for quite a while.

Graham

Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite :twisted:

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20 Jan 2010 22:59 #23 by Chris Lowe

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Wasn't Harrington mainly a large city of tents early on?

English Civil War Re-enactor with the Sealed Knot.
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21 Jan 2010 09:24 #24 by PETERTHEEATER

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Carnaby;38067 wrote:
There's aome people on here as nutty as some of us .

Graham

Where do you find 'em Carnaby!? :lol:

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Mike L
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03 Aug 2010 21:21 #25 by Mike L

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Pat, an old post I know but I am interested in your 1940 Hornchurch plan. Any way you can share it and have you updated it recently? I have a 1942 Hornchurch plan that I intend to detail when I get the time. Not sure yet what software to use but I have a CAD plan showing all buildings with most Ministry drawing refs.

Mike

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26 Aug 2010 09:16 #26 by Pat_Pattle

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Mike wrote:
Pat, an old post I know but I am interested in your 1940 Hornchurch plan. Any way you can share it and have you updated it recently? I have a 1942 Hornchurch plan that I intend to detail when I get the time. Not sure yet what software to use but I have a CAD plan showing all buildings with most Ministry drawing refs.

Mike

Hi Mike,

Sorry, have only just seen your post!
All I had to go on was a couple of photos of the airfield from the 'Battle of Britain Then and Now' book together with the descriptions from this and other texts. There is a book on it... Second to None: A Pictorial History of Hornchurch Aerodrome Through Two World Wars and Beyond, 1915-1962 which I don't have yet and may yield better information.

I modelled it a few years ago now but from what I remember it didn't change a great deal throughout the war years.

I'll see if I can dig out the scans again, or do some more (it's a very big book and a bit tricky!).
I'd be very interested to see your plan if too you could post it please.

Cheers,

Clive

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