I am doing a heritage assessment on an igloo type Hangar believed to date
from 1944. I am trying to identify what type it is. It looks a bit like a
Blister hangar but the internal frames are not constructed as per the
drawings I have of a Blister Hangar. 

 

The Hangars most interesting feature is the pin joints between the two arc's
of the steel frames and between the ends of the frames and the building
foundations. I have checked all the available Australian, UK and USA
references. It could possible be a Clearspan hangar as I have a description
of a hangar with pin joints offered for sale by Clearspan Pty Ltd from
Melbourne, Australia but no further details have come to light.

 

I have put a picture of the interior of the hangar on the JCIS Consultants
website (www.jcis.net.au) , go to the site and click “What’s this” and you
will get to it.

 

These are the references I have searched

 

Defence Estates, Ministry of Defence. 2002. World War II Hangars - Guide to
Hangar Identification. In Technical Bulletin 02/02.

Francis, Paul. 1996. British Military Airfield Architecture: from Airships
to the Jet Age. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Limited.

Innes, Graham Buchan. 1995. British Airfield Buildings of the Second World
War. Earl Shinton: Midland Publishing Limited.

———. 2000. British Airfield Buildings Volume 2: The Expansion & Inter-War
Periods. Hersham: Midland Publishing.

Institution of Civil Engineers. 1948. The Civil Engineer in War: A Symposium
of Papers on War-Time Engineering Problems: Volume 1 Airfields, Roads,
Railways and Bridges.

Marks, Roger R. 1994. Queensland Airfields WW2- 50 Years On. Brisbane: R & J
Marks.

Pedrotty, Michael A., Julie L. Webster, Gordon Cohen, L., and Aaron R.
Chmiel. 2001. Historical and Architectural Overview of Military Aircraft
Hangars: A General History, Thematic Typology, and Inventory of Aircraft
Hangars constructed on Department of Defense Installations: Report for
United States Air Force Headquarters, Air Combat Command by United States
Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, 1999 (revised May 2001).

 

 

yours  

 

Dr Iain Stuart

Partner

JCIS Consultants

 

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