More information : An English Heritage report, produced in May 2003 records that some of the fighter pens were still extant at that date. (1)
The standard work by Paul Francis on military airfield architecture notes that Biggin Hill had type "E" fighter pens. The source describes the construction methods of fighter pens and includes a generic plan. (2)
An article in Airfield Review by Denis J Corley includes an explanation of the part that the pens at Biggin Hill played in the policy of parking aircraft in a dispersed manner, rather than concentrating them in large hangars, in order to prevent them making an easy target for enemy action . The article states that the pens were located on the north, east and south sides of the landing ground. (3) |