Relocated Hangars

If my information is correct the T2 at Elvington came from RAF Kemble in the Eighties to replace the original one which was loosing its cladding . I have slides of the original T2 hanger from the Seventies & it was in very poor condition . Can any one confirm this ?

Regards .
Alan,

One of Desborough's T2's came from Podington & another possibly from St Athan according 20th Century Defences in Britain.

One of the North Weald T2s had a later side extension increasing the width by almost 1/2, using standard T2 sections with the upright slightly shortened to allow the extension frame to meet at the eaves of the standard frame. It was removed around 1990.

You may be surprised how well travelled some of these T2s were, with many being moved more than twice!

The T2 next to the A11 at Barton Mills was moved from near Norwich around 1996. It was moved from somewhere to Snetterton around 1984 to be used as a grain store, but was never erected and went instead to a site near Norwich in 1987 as a swap with the T2 supplier for a previously purchased frame lying dismantled at Coventry which had been previously come from somewhere else.

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CDP;5964 wrote:

Although questionable, and there's no photographic evidence (at the moment), there is a hangar which very closely resembles a Robin not very far from Abbots Bromley on a small industrial estate.

NJR can probably fix the location better then I can, as he was driving.

Also, there are a couple of WW1 sheds which were moved from Doncatser.

Don;t have the refrence4s to hand at the moment but again, NJR can fill in the details.

Sorry to be so scant on this.

Chris

The former RFC Doncaster hangars were relocated to Blaxton near Finningley. One is reclad and the other is in need of it. Couple of pictures taken 1st Sept 2011, don't know what type these are or when they were built.

WJT; wrote:

For example, it was said that the main hangar at Bruggen was relocated from Lubeck. Anyone got any evidence of this?

Bill, apparently hangar 1 came from Berchtesgaden. Source:Built To Endure

vulcanb2;11506 wrote:

A T2 hangar at Risby, Bury St Edmunds (TL801653) off the A14 on the S side of the railway, close to & used by a large Claas agricultural machinery base, came from Westley airfield?

Photos taken today, 30 November 2011

I am trying to locate the source of the Blister that was used by the Flying Club at Christchurch in the 50/60s.

I have been told by someone involved in the move/reassembly that it came from " an old wartime strip at Lymington circa 1956". Presumably this was either the Lymington/Pylewell House strip or the Needs Oar Point strip.

What it was not was one of the 3 original Christchurch Blisters.

Some buildings at Baltic Wharf, Essex that are reported to be T2 hangars, they certainly look like them.

GE view of the area


GE close up view


Area view


Far hangar, showing Blister on the right


The at the east of the site


Close up view


Another close up view

Further to speculation on here two years ago: yes, the framework for the Queen's Hall in Watton did come from Griston, from the 3rd Strategic Air Depot's Griston base after the depot moved across from Watton. As far as I know, it was one of the buildings (hangar / shed / workshop, or whatever you want to call it) from the motor pool area, south of the Thompson Road in Griston.