#ballooncommand - Twitter Hashtag

over 3 years ago

#CuratorsPick : No. 907 (Balloon) Squadron, RAF Stanmore Park, 1939. This RAF Station opened in 1939 as the home of #BalloonCommand. Its squadrons flew barrage balloons to protect industrial and military locations. It came under operational control of Fighter Command during WW2.

RAFMUSEUM's tweet photo. #CuratorsPick : No. 907 (Balloon) Squadron, RAF Stanmore Park, 1939.
This RAF Station opened in 1939 as the home of #BalloonCommand. Its squadrons flew barrage balloons to protect industrial and military locations. It came under operational control of Fighter Command during WW2. https://t.co/o01sFAkpTF

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Women At War @WomenAtWar2

over 3 years ago

3/3 #WAAF were trained in Balloon Drill; Balloon Maintenance; Winch Driving, Winch Maintenance; Rope Splicing; Balloon Technical & Theory training, with a tough exam to pass at the end.The #barrageballoons ceased to be used by autumn 1944, #BalloonCommand disbanded in Feb 1945.

WomenAtWar2's tweet photo. 3/3 #WAAF were trained in Balloon Drill; Balloon Maintenance; Winch Driving, Winch Maintenance; Rope Splicing; Balloon Technical & Theory training, with a tough exam to pass at the end.The #barrageballoons ceased to be used by autumn 1944, #BalloonCommand disbanded in Feb 1945. https://t.co/I18ijKpss3

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Women At War @WomenAtWar2

over 3 years ago

1/3 #WomensAuxiliaryAirForce #WAAF maintained & operated #barrageballoons as part of #RAF #ballooncommand in #WW2. Used to force enemy aircraft to fly higher, reducing bomb aiming accuracy,made aircraft change route into #antiaircraft fire or fly into the metal cables @WRAFBranch

WomenAtWar2's tweet photo. 1/3 #WomensAuxiliaryAirForce #WAAF maintained & operated #barrageballoons as part of #RAF #ballooncommand in #WW2. Used to force enemy aircraft to fly higher, reducing bomb aiming accuracy,made aircraft change route into #antiaircraft fire or fly into the metal cables @WRAFBranch https://t.co/loEHS26rI3

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Tyne & Wear Archives @TWArchives

over 5 years ago

#OnThis Day in 1918, the Royal Air Force was created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps & the Royal Naval Air Service. Here's a great drawing by JH Taylor from a #BarrageBalloon training course at no.15 #RAF balloon centre, #Longbenton c. 1939 #WW2 #ballooncommand #OTD