Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Balloon Command - December 1941
[Command HQ | No 30 Group | No 32 Group | No 33 Group | No 34 Group | Misc]
Command HQ - Old Church Lane, Stanmore, Middlesex
Units controlled directly by Command HQ
Station | Squadron | Equipment |
RAF Station Cardington | Balloon Development Establishment | Controlled by Director of Armament Development |
No 1 Balloon Training Unit | 75 Balloons |
HQ - Hook, Surrey
Station | Squadron | Equipment |
Hook | HQ No 30 Group | |
Weybridge |
No 954 Sqn | |
Chigwell - No 4 Balloon Centre | No 907 Sqn | |
No 908/909 Sqn | ||
No 910 Sqn | ||
Harwich |
No 928 Sqn | |
Kidbrooke - No 1 Balloon Centre | No 901 Sqn | |
No 902 Sqn | ||
No 903/904 Sqn | ||
Dover | No 961 Sqn | |
Manston | No 1 'M' Balloon Unit | |
Sheerness and Convoy | No 952 Sqn | |
Stanmore - No 3 Balloon Centre | No 905 Sqn | |
No 906 Sqn | ||
Langley |
No 956 Sqn | |
Titchfield - No 12 Balloon Centre | No 924 Sqn | |
No 930 Sqn | ||
Portsmouth | No 932 Sqn | |
Portsmouth | No 933 Sqn |
HQ - Bath (Temporarily at Romsey, Hampshire)
Station | Squadron | Equipment |
Bristol - No 11 Balloon Centre | No 951 Sqn | |
Avonmouth | No 927 Sqn | |
Brockworth | No 912 Sqn | |
Filton | No 935 Sqn | |
Weston-super-Mare | No 955 Sqn | |
Yeovil | No 957 Sqn | |
Cardiff - No 14 Balloon Centre | No 953 Sqn | |
Barry | No 969 Sqn | |
Newport | No 966 Sqn | |
Pembroke |
No 962 Sqn | |
Port Talbot | No 965 Sqn | |
Swansea | No 958 Sqn | |
Plymouth - No 13 Balloon Centre | No 934 Sqn | |
No 964 Sqn | ||
Falmouth |
No 959 Sqn |
HQ - Sheffield
Station | Squadron | Equipment |
Hull - No 17 Balloon Centre | No 942/943 Sqn | |
No 944 Sqn | ||
Liverpool - No 8 Balloon Centre | No 919 Sqn | |
No 921 Sqn | ||
Barrow |
No 970 Sqn | |
Manchester - No 10 Balloon Centre | No 925 Sqn | |
No 926 Sqn | ||
No 931 Sqn | ||
Accrington |
No 963 Sqn | |
Sheffield - No 16 Balloon Centre | No 939 Sqn | |
No 940 Sqn | ||
Derby |
No 918 Sqn | |
Sutton Coldfield - No 5 Balloon Centre | No 911 Sqn | |
No 913 Sqn | ||
Warrington - No 9 Balloon Centre | No 922 Sqn | |
No 923 Sqn | ||
Crewe |
No 949 Sqn | |
Wythall - No 6 Balloon Centre | No 914 Sqn | |
No 915 Sqn | ||
Coventry | No 916 Sqn | |
Coventry | No 917 Sqn |
HQ - Tor House, Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
Belfast | No 968 Sqn | |
Forth | No 929 Sqn | |
Forth and Methil | No 948 Sqn | |
Glasgow - No 18 Balloon Centre | No 945 Sqn | |
No 946 Sqn | ||
No 947 Sqn | ||
Ardeer |
No 967 Sqn | |
Londonderry | No 920 Sqn | |
Lyness | No 950 Sqn | |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne - No 15 Balloon Centre | No 936 Sqn | |
No 937 Sqn | ||
Billingham |
No 938 Sqn |
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
Mobile Naval Balloon Defence Organisation | No 990 Sqn | Attached to the Admiralty |
Source - December 1941 SD161
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 30 Group | No 32 Group | No 33 Group | No 34 Group | Misc]
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