OT, but WW2. Looking for a source that shows types of buildings 1939-40

Immediately I saw your request I thought ‘Oleg Maddox’
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It’s for this guy here:

http://www.simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2151814&page=1#Post2151814

who is trying to model in 3d generic streets and houses of the period for use in the next WW2 simulation called Battle of Britain: Storm of War, by Oleg Maddox.

He is looking for reference material so he can re-create them for use in the sim.

Cheers, MP.

Some good suggestions there. If you can tell us what you want them for, we might be able to help further.

Both the Airfield Architecture books are pretty military-structures only, although well illustrated.

Try ‘The Blitz – Then and Now’ series from After The Battle – not all of the photos show bomb damage and it gives a very full picture of how buildings apeared in WWII.

All the responses are appreciated, but yes it was more the civilian architecture rather than military.

Thought that was a bit easy.

http://www.suttonpublishing.co.uk – see: ‘Britain in Old Photographs’

All the responses are appreciated, but yes it was more the civilian architecture rather than military.

I will ccheck out the airfield book though as it sounds interesting, but yes more the the way roads and buildings and indutrial areas looked is what I amtrying to track down.

Thanks again, MP.

I think the poster is seeking ‘infrastructure’ in terms of civilian buildings, town and village street scene stuff, rather than airfield architecture.

Most book stores in a town have ‘nostalgia’ publications showing images from that area in the past.

Moggy

British Military Airfield Architecture – From Airships to the Jet Age, Paul Francis, PSL 185260462X 1996, 19.99

Aviation Pocket Guide – British Airfield Buildings, Vol 2: The Expansion & Inter-War Periods, Graham Buchan Innes, Midland Counties, 1857801016, 2000, 8.95.

I got a book a couple of years ago called “Airfield Architecture” I think. I don’t have the ISBN to hand though. The book had many photos and drawings dating from WW1 through WW2.

Steve