K. H. Shea, Photo ARCHITECT’S DRAWING of the large hangar now under construction at the Royal New Zealand Air Force station at Ohakea, near Palmerston North. It has been designed to house the bombers which will be stationed there as the major armament in the air defence of Wellington. It will be approximately 270ft. in width and 230ft. deep, and is being built of ferro-concrete, a portion of the work already in hand being shown below. A notable feature is the arched concrete ribs which will replace the steel generally used in the roofs of this type of building. Annexes will provide accommodation for a multitude of activities connected with the base.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19700, 4 August 1938, Page 20

K. H. Shea, Photo ARCHITECT’S DRAWING of the large hangar now under construction at the Royal New Zealand Air Force station at Ohakea, near Palmerston North. It has been designed to house the bombers which will be stationed there as the major armament in the air defence of Wellington. It will be approximately 270 ft. in width and 230 ft. deep, and is being built of ferro-concrete, a portion of the work already in hand being shown below. A notable feature is the arched concrete ribs which will replace the steel generally used in the roofs of this type of building. Annexes will provide accommodation for a multitude of activities connected with the base.