Airfield Runways in Norway

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Originally Posted by Larry deZeng

Could you please expand a little more on treseksjoner (wooden sections)? I am still unclear on this one. Many of the airfields had concrete runways with treseksjoner. Does this mean wooden sections were placed between the sections of concrete, probably to reduce or eliminate damage due to upheaval and cracking of the concrete during the bitter cold winters?

I believe the meanig in this context in the direction you indicate above; Namely that the runway was partly made of sections of wooden planking, possibly over areas soaked wet by the thaw of snow and consequently to soft for heavy aircraft to land on or take off from.
G.