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Hangar Types


Admiralty Seaplane / Aeroplane Shed Type 'F'

Example seen at Cranwell, Lincolnshire.
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Admiralty Type 'S' Hangar

Example seen at Usworth, Durham.
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Aeroplane Twin Shed

Example seen at Moreton, Essex. This was one half of a Twin Shed and has since been demolished.
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Aircraft Repair Shed

Example seen at Little Rissington, Gloucestershire.
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Airship Hangar

Example seen at Cardington, Bedfordshire.
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Alframe (Alframa) Hangar

Example seen at Yeovilton, Somerset.
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B1 Hangar

Example seen at Faldingworth, Lincolnshire.
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Bellman Hangar

Example seen at White Waltham, Berkshire.
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Blister Hangar

Example seen at Caistor, Lincolnshire.
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Butler Shed

Example seen at Greenham Common, Berkshire.
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Callender Hamilton Hangar

Example seen at Atcham, Shropshire. While this has been re-clad the frame still exists inside. 
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Cantilever Hangar (Base Hangar)

Example seen at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire
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Cantilever Hangar (Super Hangar)

Example seen at ​St Mawgan, Cornwall.
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Cathedral Hangar

Example seen at Heathrow, Middlesex.
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Coseley Hangar

Example seen at Elstree, Hertfordshire.
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Coupled General Service Aeroplane Shed

Example seen at Duxford, Cambridgeshire.
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Dorland Portable Hangar

Example seen at Cheddington, Buckinghamshire.
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Extra Over Blister / Miskins Hangar

Example seen at Long Sutton, Cheshire. This has since been demolished.
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Fromson Hangar

Example seen at Culham, Oxfordshire.
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Gaydon Hangar

Example seen at Coningsby, Lincolnshire.

General Service Flight Shed

Example seen at Bramham Moor, Tadcaster, Yorkshire.

 General Service Flight Shed / Aircraft Repair Shed

Example seen at Harling Road, Norfolk.

Handley-Page Coupled Aircraft Storage Shed

Example seen at Netheravon, Wiltshire.
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Hardened Aircraft Shelter

Example seen at Leeming, Yorkshire.
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Hinaidi Hangar

Example seen at Spitalgate, Lincolnshire.
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Joined Super Robin Hangar

Example seen at Elstree, Hertfordshire.
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Lamella Aircraft Storage Shed

Example seen at Shawbury, Shropshire.

Mainhill Hangar

Example seen at Yeovilton, Somerset.
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Ministry Of Aircraft Production (MAP) Type 'R' Hangar

Example seen at Elstree, Hertfordshire.
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NATO Hardened Aircraft Shelter

Example seen at Laarbruch, Germany.
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NATO Hardened Aircraft Shelter

Example seen at Sollingen, Germany.
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Pentad Hangar

Example seen at Hinstock, Shropshire.
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Robins Hangar

Example seen at Watton, Norfolk. This has since been demolished.
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Robins (Extended) Hangar

Example seen at Little Staughton, Huntingdonshire.
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Rubb Hangar

Example seen at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
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T1 Hangar

Example seen at Westhampnett, Goodwood, Sussex.
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T2 Hangar

Example seen at Bentwaters, Suffolk.

TAB-VEE

Example seen at Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire.
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Type 'A' Aeroplane Shed

Example seen at Martlesham Heath, Suffolk.
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Type 'C' Aircraft Shed

7 Bay Hipped Design. Example seen at ​Manby, Lincolnshire.
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Type 'C' Aircraft Shed

12 Bay Gabled Design. Example seen at Sealand, ​Flintshire.

Type 'C' Aircraft Shed

12 Bay Hipped Design. Example seen at Scampton, Lincolnshire.
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Type 'C' Aircraft Shed

14 Bay Hipped Design. Example seen at St Athan, Glamorgan.
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Type 'C' Aircraft Shed

Protected Design. Example seen at Newton, Nottinghamshire.

Type 'D' Aircraft Storage Shed

Example see at Kemble, Gloucestershire.
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Type 'E' Aircraft Storage Shed

Example seen at Cosford, Shropshire.

Type 'E' Aircraft Storage Shed (With extended door gantries)

Example seen at St Athan, Glamorgan.
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Type 'J' Aircraft Shed

Example seen at Syerston, Nottinghamshire. This has since been demolished.
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Type 'L' Aircraft Storage Shed

Example seen at Sealand, Flintshire.

U-2 / TR-1 Hardened Aircraft Shelter​

Example seen at Alconbury, Huntingdonshire.
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U-2 / TR-1 Weather ​Shelter​

Example seen at Alconbury, Huntingdonshire.
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Victor Alert Shed

Example seen at Wethersfield, Essex.
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Wimpey Hangar

Example seen at Alconbury, Huntingdonshire. This has since been demolished.
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*** Clothes Hanger ***

Please note the spelling, this is a clothes hangEr, the buildings above show hangArs.
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