Photo of a Balloon 'Sweetheart' Pin, unit of origin unknown
(Courtesy Stuart Farman)
No
30 (Balloon Barrage) Group 17 Mar 1937 - 7 Jan 1945 |
No 1 Balloon
Centre, Kidbrooke, London SE3
4 Oct 1937 - xx xxx 1960 |
No 2 Balloon Centre, Hook, Surrey
xx xxx 1937 - pre Jun 1944
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No 3 Balloon
Centre, Stanmore, Middlesex
xx xxx 1937 - Current
|
No 4 Balloon
Centre, Chigwell, Essex
2 Aug 1938 - 1 Apr 1943
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No 22 Balloon
Centre, Biggin Hill, Kent 19 Feb 1944 - 20 Nov 1944
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No 23 Balloon
Centre, Gravesend, Kent 1 Feb 1944 - 15 Jan 1945
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No 24 Balloon
Centre, Redhill, Surrey 1 Jul 1944 - 15 Jan 1945
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No
31 (Balloon Barrage) Group Birmingham
1 Apr 1939 - 13 Nov 1941 |
No 5 Balloon
Centre, Whitehouse Common, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
xx xxx xxxx - pre Jun 1944
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No 6 Balloon
Centre, Wythall, Birmingham
xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx
Transferred to No 32 Group13 Nov 1941
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No 7 Balloon
Centre, Curzon Lane, Alvaston, Derbyshire
xx xxx xxxx - pre Jun 1944
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No 8 Balloon
Centre, Fazakerley, Liverpool
xx xxx xxxx - pre Jun 1944
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No 9 Balloon
Centre, Houghton Green, Warrington
xx xxx xxxx - pre Jun 1944
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No 10 Balloon
Centre, Bowlee, Middleton, Manchester
xx xxx xxxx - pre Jun 1944
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No
32 (Balloon Barrage) Group Romsey/Bath 1 Mar 1939 - 15 Nov 1944 |
No 11 Balloon
Centre, Pucklechurch, Bristol
xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx
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No 12 Balloon
Centre, Southampton Road, Titchfield, Fareham, Hants
xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx
Transferred to No 30 Group - pre Jun 1944
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No 13 Balloon
Centre, Collaton Cross, Yealhampton, Plymouth
xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx
|
No 14 Balloon
Centre, Caerau, Ely, Cardiff
xx xxx xxxx - pre Jun 1944
|
No 21 Balloon
Centre, Pembroke Dock, Wales
27 Aug 1940 - 31 Dec 1941
|
No
33 (Balloon Barrage) Group Long Benton/Sheffield (1940) 1 Mar 1939 - 4 Sep 1944 |
No 15 Balloon
Centre, Long Benton, Forest Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx
|
No 16 Balloon
Centre, Hemsworth, Norton, Sheffield
15 Aug 1939 - pre Jun 1944
|
No 17 Balloon
Centre, Sutton-on-Hull, Hull
17 May 1939 - 15 Oct 1942
Station
history by Len Bacon,
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No
34 (Balloon Barrage) Group Edinburgh 1 Jul 1940 - 4 Sep 1944 |
No 18 Balloon
Centre, Bishopbridge, Glasgow
xx Aug 1939 - xx xxx xxxx
|
No 19 Balloon
Centre, Rosyth, Fife
21 Oct 1939 - 6 May 1940
|
No 18 Balloon
Centre, Lyness, Orkney 2 Jun 1940 - 27 Dec 1941
|
901 (County of London) |
16 May 1938 -
|
5 Flts of 9 Balloons - Woolwich, Abbey Wood, Kidbrooke |
902 (County of London) |
16 May 1938 - |
5 Flts of 9 Balloons - Kidbrooke, Brixton |
903 (County of London)
|
16 May 1938 - xx xxx 1944 |
5 Flts of 9 Balloons. Amalgamated with
902 Sqn. - Brixton/Forest Hill |
904 (County of Surrey)
|
16 May 1938 - |
5 Flts of 9 Balloons - Clapham |
905 (County of) Surrey |
16 May 1938 - xx xxx 1944 |
5 Flts of 9 Balloons. Amalgamated with 901 Sqn
- Kensington, Clapham |
906 (County of Middlesex) |
7 Jul 1938 - |
5 Flts of 9 Balloons - Hampstead, Kensington |
907 (County of Middlesex) |
16 May 1938 - |
5 Flts of 9 Balloons - Harringay/Woodberry Down |
908 (County of Essex) |
5 Jul 1938 - |
5 Flts of 9 Balloons Wanstead, Harringay |
909
(County of Essex)
|
16 May 1938 - |
5 Flts of 9 Balloons - West Ham, East Ham |
910 (County of Essex) |
5 Jul 1938 - |
5 Flts of 9 Balloons - Dagenham, East Ham.
3 Waterborne (Aug 1940) |
911 (County of Warwick) |
xx Jan 1939 - - xx xxx xxxx |
4 Flts of 8 Balloons - West Bromich, Chelmsford,
Erdington (Dec 1943).
48 Balloons in Aug 1940 |
912 (County of Warwick) |
xx Jan 1939 - - xx xxx xxxx |
4 Flts of 8 Balloons - Brockworth, Gloucester.
24 Balloons in Aug 1940 |
913 (County of Warwick) |
xx Jan 1939 - - xx xxx xxxx |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons - Erdington/Sutton
Coldfield, Chelmsford |
914 (County of Warwick)
|
xx Jan 1939 - pre Jun 1944 |
4 Flts of 8 Balloons - Wythall/Northfield.
40 Balloons in Aug 1940 |
915 (County of Warwick) |
xx Jan 1939 - - xx xxx xxxx |
4 Flts of 8 Balloons - Bourneville/Rowkeath, Chelmsford.
40 Balloons in Aug 1940 |
916 (County of Warwick)
|
xx Jan 1939 - xx xxx xxxx xx Jun 1944 - xx xxx
xxxxx |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons - Coventry.
32 Balloons in Aug 1940
Reformed for Anti-'Diver' duties |
917 (County of Warwick) |
xx Jan 1939 - pre Jun 1944 |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons - Coventry |
918 (County of Derby) |
xx Jan 1939 - pre Jun 1944 |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons - Derby/Alveston. 32
Balloons in Aug 1940 |
919 (West Lancashire) |
xx Jan 1939 - pre Jun 1944 |
4 Flts of 8 Balloons. - Birkenhead.
52 Balloons in Aug 1940
12 Waterborne (Aug 1940) |
920 |
xx Jan 1939 - pre Dec 1943 |
4 Flts of 8 Balloons - Londonderry A & B Flts
later 12 Balloons each, C & D retained 8 each |
921 (West Lancashire) |
xx Jan 1939 - 20 Feb 1943 |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons - Liverpool/Fazakerley.
48 Balloons in Aug 1940 |
922 (West Lancashire) |
xx Jan 1939 - pre Dec 1943 |
4 Flts of 8 Balloons - Warrington/Curerdley |
923 (West Lancashire) |
xx Jan 1939 - xx xxx xxxx xx Jun 1944 - xx xxx xxxx |
4 Flts of 8 Balloons - Runcorn/Birkenhead Reformed for
Anti-'Diver' duties |
924 |
xx Jan 1939 - xx xxx xxxx |
4 Flts of 8 Balloons - Southampton/Eastleigh.
24 Balloons in Aug 1940 |
925 (East Lancashire) |
xx Jan 1939 - pre Jun 1944 |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons - Manchester. 40 Balloons
in Aug 1940 |
926 (East Lancashire) |
xx xxx xxxx - pre Jun 1944 |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons - Bowlee/Manchester 40 Balloons in
Aug 1940 |
927 (County of Gloucester) |
xx Jan 1939 - xx xxx xxxx |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons - Bristol.
32 Balloons in Aug 1940 |
928 |
xx Jan 1939 - xx xxx xxxx |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons- Felixstowe/Harwich 10
Waterborne (Aug 1940) |
929 |
xx Jan 1939 - xx xxx xxxx |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons - South Queensferry 7
Waterborne (Aug 1940) |
930 (Hampshire) |
xx Jan 1939 - pre Dec 1943 |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons- Southampton.
50 (10 Waterborne ) Balloons in Aug 1940 |
931 (Hampshire) |
xx Jan 1939 - pre Dec 1943 |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons |
932 (Hampshire) |
xx Jan 1939 - xx xxx xxxx |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons - Portsmouth.
32 Balloons in Aug 1940 |
933 (Hampshire) |
xx Jan 1939 - xx xxx xxxx |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons - Portsmouth/Gosport |
934 (County of Devon) |
xx Jan 1939 - xx xxx xxxx |
5 Flts of 8 Balloons - Plymouth.
24 Balloons in Aug 1940 |
935 (County of Glamorgan) |
xx Jan 1939 - xx xxx xxxx |
2 Flts of 8 Balloons, Plymouth/Filton.
24 Balloons in Aug 1940 |
936 (County of Northumberland) |
20 Feb 1939 - 4 Jun 1943 |
4 Flts of 8 Balloons - Newcastle upon Tyne 4
Waterborne (Aug 1940) Amalgamated with No 937 on 4 Jun 1943 |
937 (County of Northumberland) |
20 Feb 1939 - 4 Jun 1943 |
4 Flts of 8 Balloons - Newcastle upon Tyne 40
(3 Waterborne) Balloons in Aug 1940
Amalgamated with No 936 on 4 Jun 1943
|
936/937 |
4 Jun 1943 - 1 Dec 1944 |
|
938 (County of Northumberland) |
20 Feb 1939 - 1 Dec 1944 |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons - Stockton on Tees/Billingham.
48 Balloons in Aug 1940 |
939 (West Riding) |
xx Jan 1939 - xx xxx xxxx |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons - Sheffield |
940 (West Riding) |
xx xxx xxxx - pre Jun 1944 |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons - Sheffield |
941 (West Riding) |
xx Jan 1939 - xx xxx xxxx |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons - Sheffield/Sunderland (May
1943) 40 Balloons
in Aug 1940
Amalgamated with 939 due to lack of volunteers |
942 (East Riding) |
25 Jan 1939 - 1 Jan 1942 |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons - Sutton on Hull 42 (24
Waterborne) Balloons in Aug 1940
Amalgamated with 943 - 1 Jan 1942 |
943 (East Riding) |
25 Jan 1939 - 1 Jan 1942 |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons - Sutton on Hull 32
Balloons in Aug 1940
Amalgamated with 942 - 1 Jan 1942 |
942/943 (East Riding) |
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Aug 1944 |
Anti-'Diver- duties from 31 Jul 1944 |
944 (East Riding) |
25 Jan 1939 -26 Apr 1942 |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons - Sutton on Hull |
945 (City of Glasgow) |
xx Jan 1939 - xx xxx xxxx xx Jun 1944 - xx xxx xxxx |
4 Flts of 8 Balloons - Glasgow. 40 Balloons
in Aug 1940
Reformed in 22 Balloon Centre for Anti-'Diver' duties |
946 (City of Glasgow) |
xx Jan 1939 - pre Jun 1944 |
4 Flts of 8 Balloons - Renfrew 48 Balloons in
Aug 1940 |
947 (City of Glasgow) |
xx Jan 1939 - pre Jun 1944 xx Jun 1944 - xx xxx xxxx |
3 Flts of 8 Balloons - Glasgow 32 Balloons in
Aug 1940
Reformed in 22 Balloon Centre for Anti-'Diver' duties |
948 |
xx Oct 1939 - pre Dec 1943 |
Rosyth 24 Balloons in Aug 1940 |
949 |
xx Oct 1949 - xx xxx xxxx xx Jun 1944 - xx xxx xxxx |
Crewe 32 Balloons in Aug 1940
Reformed in 23 Balloon Centre for Anti-'Diver' duties |
Members of No 949 Sqn - courtesy Peter Philpott, his grandfather 846488
Leading Aircraftman EDWARD VENNER WILMOTT is seated left – Died: 25 August |
950 |
xx Feb 1940 -
|
Lyness, Orkney, 1944 - Kirkwall
32 Balloons in Aug 1940 |
951 |
xx xxx xxxx - pre Dec 1943 |
40 Balloons in Aug 1940 Bristol until 19 Jun 1944
(Norwich) and then Anti-'Diver' duties |
952 |
xx Nov 1939 |
Sheerness 40 (32 Waterborne) Balloons in Aug
1940 |
953 |
|
39 (7 Waterborne) Balloons in Aug 1940 1943/44 - Cardiff,
Anti-'Diver' duties from Jun 1944 |
954 |
|
1943/44 - Cobham |
955 |
|
1943/44 - Weston-super-Mare |
956 |
|
Colnbrook 24 Balloons in Aug 1940 |
957 |
xx Jul 1940 - xx xxx xxxx |
Yeovil 24 Balloons in Aug 1940 |
958 |
xx Jul 1940 - xx xxx xxxx
xx Jun 1944 - xx xxx xxxx |
Swansea 25 (3 Waterborne) Balloons in Aug 1940
Reformed in 23 Balloon Centre for Anti-'Diver' duties |
959 |
27 Aug 1940 - xx xxx xxxx |
Falmouth 24 (8 Waterborne) Balloons in Aug
1940 |
960 |
xx Feb 1940 - pre Dec 1943 xx xxx 1944 - xx xxx xxxx |
Lyness, Orkney, 1944 - Canterbury 24 (16
Waterborne) Balloons in Aug 1940
|
961 |
xx Jul 1940 - xx xxx xxxx |
Dover 8 Waterborne (Aug 1940) |
962 |
xx Sep 1940 - pre Dec 1943 |
Milford Haven 24 (9 Waterborne) Balloons in
Aug 1940 |
963 |
xx xxx xxxx - pre Dec 1943 |
|
964 |
xx Aug 1940 - xx xxx xxxx |
24 (6 Waterborne) Balloons in Aug 1940
Torpoint, 1944 - Plymouth |
965 |
xx Jul 1940 - pre Dec 1943 xx Jun 1944 - xx xxx xxxx |
Port Talbot 16 Balloons in Aug 1940
Reformed in 23 Balloon Centre for Anti-'Diver' duties |
966 |
xx Sep 1940 - xx xxx xxxx xx Jun 1944 - xx xxx
xxxx |
Originally based in Newport, Wales it moved to RAF Seal south
of London in 1944. 40 Balloons in Aug 1940
Reformed in 23 Balloon Centre for Anti-'Diver' duties |
967 |
xx xxx xxxx - pre Dec 1943 |
Ardrossan 48 Balloons in Aug 1940 |
968 |
xx xxx xxxx - pre Dec 1943 |
Belfast
16 (8 Waterborne) Balloons in Aug 1940 |
969 |
xx Jul 1940 - pre Dec 1943 xx Jun 1944 - xx xxx
xxxx |
Barry
16 Balloons in Aug 1940
1944 - Great Yarmouth
Reformed in 23 Balloon Centre for Anti-'Diver' duties |
970 |
xx xxx xxxx - pre Dec 1943 |
|
971 |
|
1944 - AHQ Eastern Mediterranean |
972 |
|
Egypt |
973 |
|
1944 - AHQ Eastern Mediterranean |
974 |
|
Egypt/2nd TAF |
975 |
|
1944 - 242 Group |
976 |
|
1943 - No 243 Wing, AHQ WD (CO - Sqn Ldr Beech) 1944 - 2nd TAF |
977 |
|
1944 - Mediterranean Coastal Air Forces |
978 |
xx xxx 1941
|
1944 - 3rd TAF |
979 |
|
1944 - 3rd TAF |
980 |
xx xxx xxxx - 6 Jun 1945 |
980 Sqn defended Abadan from 1942 and
Khosrowabad before being moved via Jordan to the Suez canal and then Italy.
1944 - 2nd TAF |
981 |
xx xxx 1941 - xx xxx xxxx |
1944 - Mediterranean Coastal Air Forces. Reformed in UK for
Anti-'Diver' duties - 1944 |
982 |
|
1944 - Mediterranean Coastal Air Forces |
983 |
|
1944 - Mediterranean Coastal Air Forces |
984 |
|
1944 - 222 Group |
985 |
|
1943 - No 322 Wing 1944 - No 242 Group
OCs
xx xxx 1942 Sqn Ldr Bradshaw |
986 |
|
1944 - Malta |
987 |
1 Sep 1943 - xx xxx xxxx |
1944 - No 224 Group |
988 |
|
|
989 |
|
|
990 |
|
1944 - No 222 Group |
991 |
|
2nd TAF |
992
(Mobile) |
|
Dec 1943 - No 30 Group, Great Yarmouth.
Jun 1944 - 85 Group, for the defence of ports.
|
993
(Mobile) |
|
Dec 1943 - No 30 Group, Chelmsford |
994
(Mobile) |
|
Dec 1943 - No 30 Group, Canterbury.
Jun 1944 - 85 Group,
|
995
(Mobile) |
|
Dec 1943 - No 30 Group, Titchfield |
996 |
|
85 Group, Mobile Unit for the defence of ports.
|
997 |
|
Mobile Unit for the defence of ports.
1944 - Weymouth |
998 |
|
Mobile Unit for the defence of ports.
1944 - Brighton |
999 |
|
Mobile Unit for the defence of ports.
1944 - Paignton |