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BBRC - All about us and our history and how to join.
Eileen Younghusband and One Woman's War
Barrage Balloon Sites in Sheffield
Elasticated Cord used inside barrage balloons
Hilda Mudd's Story of Being a Barrage Balloon Operator in WWII
1069212 LAC GEORGE (Judd) BIRCHALL
Tragic Loss of Life at 933 Barrage Balloon Squadron at Gosport 12th August 1940
UPDATED INFORMATION DECEMBER 2011***
856676 LAC
Raymond George MUMFORD 935 Sqdn Royal Aux Air Force NEW
UPDATE December 2011***
2048680 A.C.W Margaret Rossow (Nee Usher) 919, 921 and 923 Squadron
NEW JULY 2011****
PERSONAL HISTORY of STANLEY A. ROSS 902 Squadron 840928 UPDATED
JUNE 2011*
Balloon Barrage Vessel A Y Alessie a short history
NEW***UPDATED JUNE 2011**
Barrage Balloon Vessels an
Introduction UPDATED JUNE 2011*
History of Polish Balloon flight serving with the R.A.F. in Great Britain in WWII
UPDATED MAY 2011!!**
Bomb Disposal and the British Casualties of WW2 by Chris Ransted
858206
Leading Aircraftman John Ronald Buckley, 925 and 974 Squadron
NEW 2011*****
Squadron Leader John Alexander KENT DFC , AFC. UPDATED
2011***
BATTLE ORDERS-BALLOON BARRAGES AND
SQUADRONS ABROAD
541698 AC1 Robert Murton 951 Squadron
Post World War One Development of Balloon Barrages
NEW**
If Only They Had Employed a Balloon Barrage
NEW**
Free Balloon Operations in World War Two
NEW**
PERSONAL HISTORY of STANLEY A. ROSS 902 Squadron 840928 UPDATED
MAY 2011*
HENRY LESLIE STUART LAKE 924
SQUADRON
CENTRAL
TRADE AND TEST BOARD (CTTB) QUESTIONS FOR BALLOON OPERATORS
Ropework and Knots used by Barrage Balloon Operators
For the Duration L.A.C. D.J. Roberts story of his wartime exploits
Barrage Balloon Cable Collisions with Aircraft in WWII
Memories of a Barrage Balloon Operator written by Jean Shepherd who died 13th February 1997
747552 Corporal Norman Bertie Austin JAMES
WAAFS involved at RAF Chigwell in making and servicing Barrage Balloons
Barrage
Balloons around Barry Area in WWII
Flight Sergeant Richard
Marrable
864902 Corporal Cyril
Russell Holman 934 Squadron
354025 WO1 Francis
Frew DUNLOP M.B.E.
548125 L.A.C. Charles
David Parry 905, 971, 983, 932/3, 998 Sqdn
Alex
Hinks 912 Squadron in France 1940
New Book Announcement: Stitching for Victory
by Suzanne Griffiths Updated!!
853747 LAC Leonard Ashcroft Bancroft
Archive 919 Sqdn Updated!!
Herbert Johnson
1894- 1957 and RAF Aldwyth Train
113547 Flying
Officer Douglas GOODWIN
966 Flying Officer Dorothy Mabel Murray Stanley-Turner WRAFRO
1076099 LAC Tom Fraser 908,
910, 929, 948 Sqdn
647872 Corporal
Wilfred Gordon Allen 914 Sqdn
The Frank Orriss Archive
909 Sqdn
1105416 Sergeant Daniel Currie “Jock” Hamilton 975 & 980 Squadrons
966 Squadron Claims first German Bomber at Newport Wales 13th September 1940
Updated February 2011
Wing Commander John Sylvester "Jack" Wheelwright DSC
Pilot Officer George
Hutchinson 966 Squadron
Cpl 542358 Thomas Scott
965 Sqdn
Richard Jefferson Walters
a USA citizen who helped advise on Balloon Barrages prior
to WWII
Corporal 5309321 Samuel William Fowler 952 Squadron
Flight
Sergeant 872366 William Andrew Burn 978 Sqdn
Balloon Cable
Cutting Device for Aircraft
LAC J203547 John William
Hufton
Champion Balloon Team September 1943 South Wales and The West
The Archive of
Warrant Officer Frederick Quinn
Doodling at Duxford: a Day out with the V1
Flying Bombs
The Outrageous Scandal of Mr Jack TAGG a British War Hero
George Baker Story and 952 Squadron
(FEB 08)
Annual General meeting at The Union Jack Club 20th
September 2007
Dorothy
(Doff) Hunt, LACW 2027976, 904/5 Squadron E Flight.Photo Archive
DORIS COX 901 / 932 / 933 Squadrons
HENRY BENJAMIN BANKS.901 Squadron.....Can
you help Felicia Riley??
Lilian Doreen
Dack (nee Taylor) and Vera Fox
FRANK VERNEY ARCHIVE
(FEB 08)
LAC (Purser) Percy BUSH
(APR 05)
2050224 Cpl Margaret Amy Jackson
(Bidstrup, formerly Rhodes ) (JUN 03)
Charles Richard John "Tiger" Hawkins AFC
Edna Joyce
MANN meets the Queen
Joe Riley 919/ 942 and 943
Squadron
LAC Edgar Charles "Taff" Garwood 980
Squadron
2059399 LACW
Kathleen Ellen WOOLEY DOB 10/12/1920 919. 921,919/923
Sqdns
Eric Williams 909 Squadron East
Ham, March 1939 - August 1941
Barrage
Balloon Manual by LAC Margaret Lindsey
The John Sanderson Archive1
936, 966,972,977, 986, 970 Sqdns
WILLIAM JAMES DAVIES 933 932 and 970 Squadron
Henry Maurice Rowland 916 and 952
Squadrons
Click to see a painting by Grace
Kingston of a Barrage Balloon
Balloon Command -Development
of Balloon Command in the first and second world wars
1940 Status -
Equipment and Location of Balloon Squadrons
as of 31 AUGUST 1940
A
Typical Balloon Crew - Staffing and typical routine
Roof Over Britain -published
in 1943 as a public information booklet.
Aubrey
Irving Moore 11155265 and Balloon Painting by Peter Wilson.
950, 911,929. 909/10,994, 960, 945/7 Sqdns
Theory of Barrage Balloons
- Discusses the Principle of Barrage
Balloon Flight and Function
The MK VII Series I Kite Balloon - Its construction and make up
-The basic parts
Roll of Honour - Fallen Comrades linked to Commonwealth
War Graves Commission Site
Former
Comrades - LAC Purser
Bush, Sqdns. 901, 948, 982 and 966.
Edgar Garwood and Stanley Jay 980 Sqdn.
Edna Joyce Mann 904/5 Squdn, John Leslie Pickett 906 / 978 Sqdn.
LAC Joe Riley 919.923.943 Sqdn
Contacts - Who is who at the BBRC
Can You Help? -
A list of queries raised by members and the public about
Balloon Barrage Operatives
Articles about
Barrage Balloons by David Wintle
Article on
Balloon Winches by David Wintle
History of Balloons in
Warfare - the earliest uses of balloons in warfare.
Links
- Some great links to further information on Barrage Balloons
Reunion Pictures - Pictures of past
reunions and attending members
Temp Cpl Leonard Winston
COOPER 905 Squadron
For Sale
- Articles for sale by the BBRC
Hull's Own Air Force
Station by Len Bacon
Hanna
Reitsch - A German WWII test pilot who has been called "The Century’s Greatest
Pilot"
The Orkney Balloon Barrage in WWII By Ginny
Schroder
Balloon
Squadron Composition and Orders
Duke of
Edinburgh Meets Barrage Balloon Club Members to Celebrate 80th Anniversary of
the RAF
Sqdn/L Robert Wallis Beresford
978 Squadron India
Barrage Balloon Oil or Water
Manometer
Click Here to Find Out
about Barrage Balloon Cables
An extract of a story by John
Waddington-Feather on Barrage Balloons and their WWII experiences
Senator Joe Kennedy Meets Barrage Balloon Crew in London 1940
WWII Valentine Card with "Balloon Barrage"
Big Bertha from World war
II gets new role in the anti-terrorist war in Cyprus inn 1956
Pencil Sketch of Barrage Balloons over
Cardington
Books on Barrage Balloons and Balloon use in the Wars
Getting
Service Records From The RAF for Ex-RAF Personnel
Getting Your Medals for Your or Your Family
F978 Pictures of 978 Squadron including Leslie Pickett and Ron Cozens
Pictures of 965
Squadron in Ternauzern 1944-45 including Joe Cheneler
Acting
Squadron Officer Diana Mary BARTON OBE.
The first woman to Command a Balloon Unit In London
Balloon
Research at Experimentation Site Pawlett by Rex Haggett 2006
Tom
Flack Interview and Photographs and The Balloon Hangar at Pawlett, Somerset.
Ronald
Bullimore Archive from 910 Squadron
John
Baker Archive Main Page including 902 Squadron