T-Hangar Fliegerhorst Venlo

One of the four T-hangars that are parallel to the B-221.
In this case the second most southern T-Hangaar. Today this hangar is privately owned by a person who values ​​local history.
Several times a year this area is cleared of weeds and vegetation as much as possible.

Aerial photos show that these hangars were built in the period 1 January to 1 April 1944.
The construction with concrete prefab buttresses is characteristic of the German Fa. Deissel from Dusseldorf. Similar hangars were built by this company in Volkel during the war. See the attached black and white photo.
The buttresses served to support the hipped roof construction. A cavity wall was placed between the buttresses, which was filled with concrete and loose bricks.
The latter is to guarantee sufficient protection against fragmentation despite the material-saving measure.
Today, no concrete deck or clinker bricks can be seen in these hangars.
From mid-1942, the hangars at Venlo were no longer provided with a concrete screed. Instead, a cobblestone floor was laid.
The vowels were identical to those in the Rollbanen. These clinkers (both the hangar floor and the majority of the Rollbanen) were reused after the war for reconstruction.
Rumor has it that these hangars were never completed because they were too far from the Rollbaans and runways. However, aerial photos from August 1944 show these four hangars fully completed and in use.

Specifically characteristic of this hangar is the lack of a buttress with the accompanying piece of wall. This Buttress is located about 5 meters from the hangar in an overgrown part. The thick concrete beam that supported the roof construction is also absent from this hangar.

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Source

• Text: Axel Repping
• Photos: TracesofWar