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Re: Airfield Runways in Norway
Yes, that's right. There were a few wooden runways and a few grass runways, but the majority were concrete. Although the Norwegian book I cited did not specifically state that Herdla had a wooden runway, it evidently did as you noted:
Herdla (NOR) (60 34 N – 04 57 E)
General: airfield on an island 29 km NW of Bergen in SW Norway. Constructed during 1940-41 as a fighter strip and eventually had a 1,000 x 50 meter north-to-south runway and a 850 x 50 meter south-to-east runway. The units stationed there mainly flew fighter cover for shipping along Norway’s west coast. Ration strength 1 Mar 43: 161 Boden, 39 Ln., 433 Flak, 53 Wehrmachtgefolge.
Air Units:
Station Units: Fl.H.Kdtr. E Herdla (1941-42); Fl.H.Kdtr. E 15/III (1942-44); Fl.H.Kdtr. A(o) 104/III (1944-45).
L.
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