Bf 109 hangars !!

[Jagdkommando]

Dear member,

Does anyone have or know where to find drawings or pictures of hangars for Bf 109's ??
In advance,thx.



Warmest regards,
Jagdkommando

[Pilot]

Interesting- I did not know that there was hangars for Bf109 only. Do you mean on hangar of German manufacture or captured and transported in Germany?

[mathieu]

Hei,

Yes there were hangers for 109's or 190's. In the Netherlands there is still one that exist, I'll try to post a photo later. This particular hanger was built near the airfield Bergen and today is used by a farmer for store.

Best regards,

Mathieu

[Pilot]

Smart farmer BTW- I have seen some blueprints but never note that they are specially designed for one type of airplane. Last hangars specially built for the one type is the airship hangars from WW1. So this is very interesting...

[mathieu]

Hei,

As promised 2 images from the 109 hanger.
both images a from the book "Vliegveld Bergen 1938-1945" writen by Johan Schuurman ISBN 90-75440-04-9.

Best regards,

Mathieu

[Pilot]

[hihotte]

Holá matthieu,
thanks for posting those images. I attach here another hangar, that was used by JG 52. When I saw the photo first, I thought it would be to much an expense for hosting a single fighter plane and it might have been an exception. But now, after seeing your images and the info that even blueprints did exist for those obviously prefabed hangars I am convinced that they existed in quite larger numbers... Crazy, eh?

Cheers
Horst Schmidt

[mathieu]

Hei,

I doubt that it are prefab hangers, the one in Bergen is made of bricks ( stones ) and made at the site. The book from were I toke the images writes that the walls are 80 cm thick. The other photo from JG 52 was also in the Netherlands, Katwijk had a small airfield during the war.

Best regards,

Mathieu

[Jagdkommando]

Hi again,

Thank u very much for such a quickly response (as always :-), but non of "your" hangars are similar to "ours" up here in Norway.
Thr hangars I am referring to are to be found on "Lille Rygge airfield" in south-east of Norway.

There were 3 hangars in all, and all 3 are still intact today. They were built in 1944 and used by the "16./JG.5" from April 1945 to May 1945.

I'll be more than happy to post some images here but tell me how can post them ??


Warmest regards,

Jagdkommando

[mathieu]

Hei Jagdkommando,

If you want to attach photo, just click "manage attachments" by additional options under this field. Normaly I attach images around 120 kB in size.
Looking forward to see your photos, is it possible to find the airfield at google earth?

Med vennlig hilsen,

Mathieu