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balloon barrage

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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| Dr John Edward George McGibbon OBE (b.1893 Liverpool d.1959 Liverpool) Surgeon Lt Royal Navy in WWI, commissioned Flt Lt in WWII, placed in medical charge of the personnel serving the balloon barrage over Liverpool (which prevented bomber attacks).

David's labour of love unearthed life stories of a local rugby club's wartime heroes; Shoebox full of documents sparked years of research

AT 1.50pm on November 4, 1940, a German bomber flew low at 1,000 feet through the balloon barrage that crowded the skies above Kings Norton.

Nostalgia DARKEST; HOW THE GERMANS LAUNCHED DEADLY DAYLIGHT RAIDS AS WELL AS NIGHT-TIME BLITZ IN THE FINAL DAYS OF 1940 November 1940 marked the darkest days of the Blitz as the Luftwaffe cranked up its attempts to crack the spirits of the home front by launching "nuisance" daylight raids comprised of solitary bombers. Birmingham suburbs saw three such audacious attacks. Now Blitz historian STEVE RICHARDS has researched those raids..

AT 1.50pm on November 4, 1940, a German bomber flew at just 1,000 feet through the balloon barrage that crowded the skies above Kings Norton.

Lone wolves that rained terror on city; November 1940 marked the darkest days of the Blitz for Birmingham and Coventry. Large-scale night attacks laid waste to large swathes of the cities. But the Germans also used daylight raids of solitary bombers as a weapon of terror. Now Blitz historian Steve Richards has researched three such attacks on Birmingham

Dundas Castle was commandeered by the Ministry of Defence in 1939 to be headquarters for the Balloon Barrage, part of the RAF, after a German bombing raid on the British fleet anchored in the Forth.

He's king of the castle; The Insiders Profiling the business leaders who make the capital tick Sir Jack Stewart-Clark. on his drive to be a success

* Gun battery sites and the Middlesbrough skyscape being "dominated by an umbrella of Balloon Barrage" during alert periods.

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During the war it was known as the Balloon Barrage.

Memories of Balloon Barrage; VIEWPOINTS

At one time, before joining that mainly Geordie regiment the Coldstream Guards, I served as an Under Officer with V Company 3rd Battalion, Northumberland Army Cadet Force, based at the Balloon Barrage Headquarters in Benton, Newcastle, for up to nine months.