OPERATION MARKET GARDEN - THE BATTLE FOR ARNHEM

[Paul S.]

Perhaps the RAF did disperse the buildings more on the airfields that it constructed during WW2, having learnt lessons from the Luftwaffe attacks on RAF airfields in 1940.

Definitely. An Aerodrome is a relatively easy target, and having barrack hut areas adjacent to hangers and Ops buildings would not be a good idea.

The photo shows the huts are well dispersed in the woodland and not clustered in one spot. Somebody had his thinking cap on planning that one.