Rob de Bie's question about the construction at Volkel

[GiampieroSilvestri]

Rob de Bie's question about the strange construction at Volkel in the Netherlands has been published in the recent issue of German magazine Jet&Prop number 4/21,October/November 2021.Maybe someone of the readers knows what it is.

 

Saluti

 

Giampiero

 

Edited October 12, 2021 by GiampieroSilvestri

[Erik Leijdens]

Interesting!

 

Erik

[tempestfan]

👍 Well done Giampiero! Would it make sense to also ask Axel Urbanke with his excellent network? I am sure he could make an interesting architectural feature out of an LiF issue if he gets/has info...

[alt-92]

Don't know who came up with that V-weapon launch ramp theory, but it's not that. V-1 and V-2 infrastructure is rather well documented. 

[Erik Leijdens]

Maybe this;

 

Description of former aircraft hangar

 

Introduction

Former 'farm hangar', concrete skeleton from the period 1942-1945, placed in the open field, near the entrance of Volkel airbase, and remnant of a former AIRCRAFT HANGAR.

 

Description

The skeleton was constructed of reinforced concrete by the German occupying forces as an aircraft hangar at the currently existing Volkel airbase. Such hangars were camouflaged as farm buildings, but this covering has been removed entirely. The two heavy horizontal beams rest on four upward and downwardly rejuvenating posts, to which they are connected by a chamfer at the bottom. Material savings were achieved by locally thinning these transitions. The whole shows traces of formwork and is covered by slightly overhanging slabs.

 

Appreciation

The former aircraft hangar is of general importance. The structure has cultural-historical value because of the memory of the German occupation during the Second World War, it is a reminder of the development of the military airfield of Volkel and is also important for the typological development of the aircraft hangar. It has architectural-historical value as an example of camouflage architecture and as a benchmark in the technical development of the application of reinforced concrete for military purposes. In its state of disrepair, it is nevertheless a sound example of the gradual destruction, partly by human hand, of such a relic. The structure is rare as an example of German military concrete technology.

Tags: public buildings,aircraft hangar,military depot,...

Source: Cultural Heritage Agency - Licence CC-0 (1.0)

 

https://rijksmonumenten.nl/monument/512985/voormalige-vliegtuighangar/uden/

 

 

 

Erik