5 May 1940 - Hut Building Continues

Still no change for the 157th HAA Battery with 7 guns ready and hut building continuing. Most of the airfields used by the AASF were just that, fields that were suitable for flying from that had been found in September 1939.  In some cases the aircraft had to taxi over public roads to get from dispersal points to the runway.  This would explain the 6 months of construction and preparation by the men of the 157th as they worked at creating a more permanent airfield.  However, within days the airfields would be evacuated and over run in the German advance.