Hangar B Duxford Aerodrome (Imperial War Museum)

Date:
12 May 2003
Location:
Hangar B Duxford Aerodrome (Imperial War Museum), Royston Road, Duxford, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire
Reference:
IOE01/10327/03
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

TL 4446 DUXFORD ROYSTON ROAD (South Side) 14/69 Hangar B, Duxford Aerodrome 15.2.73 (Imperial War Museum) GV II Aircraft hangar. 1917-18 built by German prisoners of War. Brick and concrete buttressed walls, concrete posts forming internal 'arcade' between two bays. Lattice braced segmental roof trusses with ventilation louvres.

Slidiny wooden doors spanning the width. Rare survival of a first World War hanger, originally one of four, now in use by the Imperial War Museum to store and display historic aircraft.

V.C.H., Vol. VI, p202

Listing NGR: TL4592346102

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/2061 IOE Records taken by Peter Tree; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Peter Tree. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Tree, Peter

Rights Holder: Tree, Peter

Keywords

Brick, Concrete, Timber, 20th Century Aircraft Hangar, Transport, Hangar, Air Transport Site