EQUIPMENT AND LOCATION OF BALLOON SQUADRONS
AS AT 31 AUGUST 1940
(Courtesy of Len Bacon)
No. 30 (BALLOON BARRAGE) GROUP, LONDON.
(Group Captain W. J. Y. Guilfoyle)
Squadron Equipment Location
901 45 balloons Abbey Wood
902 45 balloons Kidbrooke
952 40 balloons Sheerness
(32 waterborne)
961 24 balloons Dover
(8 waterborne)
No. 2 Balloon Centre, Hook, Surrey.
903 45 balloons Forest Hill
904 45 balloons Clapham
905 45 balloons Kensington
No. 3 Balloon Centre, Stanmore, Middlesex.
906 45 balloons Hampstead
907 45 balloons Woodberry Down
956 24 balloons Colnbrook
No. 4 Balloon Centre, Chigwell, Essex.
908 45 balloons Metropolis
909 45 balloons East Ham
910 45 balloons Dagenham
(3 waterborne)
928 24 balloons Harwich
(10 waterborne)
No. 31 (BALLLON BARRAGE) GROUP, BIRMINGHAM.
(Air Commodore J. C. Quinnell)
No. 5 Balloon Centre, Sutton Coldfield.
911 48 balloons West Bromwich
913 40 balloons Sutton Coldfield
962 24 balloons Milford Haven
(9 waterborne)
No. 6 Balloon Centre, Wythall Near Alvechurch, Birmingham.
914 40 balloons Northfield
915 40 balloons Rowkeath
916 32 balloons Coventry
917 24 ballons Coventry
No. 7 Balloon Centre, Alvaston, Derby.
918 32 balloons Alvaston.
No. 8 Balloon Centre, Fazakerley, Liverpool.
919 52 balloons Birkenhead
(12 waterborne)
921 48 balloons Fazakerley
No. 9 Balloon Centre, Warrington.
Squadron Equipment Location
922 32 balloons Cuerdly
923 32 balloons Runcorn
949 32 balloons Crewe
No. 10 Balloon Centre, Bowlee, Manchester.
925 40 balloons Manchester & Bowlee
926 40 balloons Bowlee
(Air Commodore A. A. Walser)
No.11 Balloon Centre, Pucklechurch, Bristol.
912 24 balloons Brockworth
927 32 balloons Bristol
935 24 balloons Filton
951 40 balloons Bristol
957 24 balloons Yeovil
No.12 Balloon Centre, Fareham, Hampshire.
924 24 balloons Eastleigh
930 50 balloons Southampton
(10 waterborne)
932 32 balloons Portsmouth
933 24 balloons Gosport
No. 13 Balloon Centre, Collaton Cross, Plymouth.
934 24 balloons Plymouth
959 24 balloons Falmouth
(8 waterborne)
964 24 balloons Torpoint
(6 waterborne)
953 39 balloons Cardiff
(7 waterborne)
958 25 balloons Swansea
(3 waterborne)
965 16 balloons Port Talbot
966 40 balloons Newport
969 16 balloons Barry
No.33 (BALLOON BARRAGE) GROUP, SHEFFIELD.
(Air Commodore S. W. Smith.)
No. 15 Balloon Centre, Longbenton, Newcastle.
936 40 balloons Benton
(4 waterborne)
937 32 balloons South Tyne
(3 waterborne)
938 48 balloons Billingham
No. 16 Balloon Centre, Norton, Sheffield.
939 40 balloons Sheffield
940 32 balloons Rotherham
No. 17 Balloon Centre, Sutton on Hull.
942 42 balloons Hull
(24 waterborne)
943 32 balloons Hull
No. 34 (BALLOON BARRAGE) GROUP, EDINBURGH.
(Group Captain H. R. Busteed)
No. 18 Balloon Centre, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow.
929 24 balloons South Queensferry
(7 waterborne)
945 40 balloons Glasgow
946 48 balloon Renfrew
947 32 balloons Glasgow
948 24 balloons Rosyth
967 48 balloons Ardrossan
968 40 balloons Forming at Bishopbriggs: moved to
(8 waterborne) Belfast 12 September 1940
No.20 Balloon Centre, Lyness, Orkney.
950 32 balloons Lyness
960 24 balloons Lyness
TOTALS.
Groups 4
Barrages 47
Balloon Centres 19
Squadrons 62
Balloons 2,208