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This was "Ginger" presumably the squadrons cat

designed to keep mice and rats at bay. Rodents

were a particular pest as they would nibble at

balloon material and make a hole in it with the

resulting leakage. So cats were worth their weight

in hydrogen!!

 

 

 

 

This was a typical balloon crew posing in front of a winch

 lorry in 1940.