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BalloonCorps may refer to History of military ballooning Union Army BalloonCorps, Civil War era Observation Balloon Service in World War I French Aerostatic...
The Union Army BalloonCorps was a branch of the Union Army during the American Civil War, established by presidential appointee Thaddeus S. C. Lowe....
Napoleon disbanded the French ballooncorps. In 1804, Napoleon considered invading England by landing troops transported by balloons. He consulted his 'Aeronaut...
[citation needed] The first military use of observation balloons was by the French Aerostatic Corps during the French Revolutionary Wars, the very first...
United States Army balloon squadrons and companies organized under the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps and served overseas with the United States...
Aerostatic Corps or Company of Aeronauts (French: compagnie d'aérostiers) was the world's first balloon unit, founded in 1794 to use balloons, primarily...
French Aerostatic Corps at the Battle of Fleurus in 1794, who used a tethered balloon, L'entreprenant, to gain a vantage point. Balloons had disadvantages...
A balloon carrier or balloon tender was a ship equipped with a balloon, usually tied to the ship by a rope or cable, and usually used for observation....
that constructed the fort. Fort Corcoran was home to the Union Army BalloonCorps and the headquarters of the defenses of Washington south of the Potomac...
A barrage balloon is a type of airborne barrage, a large uncrewed tethered balloon used to defend ground targets against aircraft attack, by raising aloft...
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interest or fad in balloons that originated in France in the late 18th century and continued into the 19th century, during the advent of balloon flights. The...
The E77 balloon bomb was a U.S. anti-crop biological munition based on the design of Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb. The E77 used feathers as a vector to...
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here. Thaddeus S. C. Lowe Union Army BalloonCorpsBalloon (aircraft) Observation balloon...
1794 – French Aerostatic Corps use a tethered balloon at the Battle of Fleurus as a vantage point. 1849 – In 1849, Austrian forces besieging Venice launched...
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of Paris. Hot air balloons were employed during the American Civil War. The military balloons used by the Union Army BalloonCorps under the command of...
activity. Afterwards he worked a short assignment with the Union Army BalloonCorps. He had but little education, and on the early death of his father he...
observation balloons over the front lines. Once forces of the American Expeditionary Forces, had built up, it continued to operate as the 1st Balloon Company...
winged balloon. The Aeronaut Badge was awarded under the authority of the United States Army Air Service and the United States Army Air Corps until the...
Franklin's division, of Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell's corps. Stanton wanted Maj. Gen. McDowell's corps to stay together and march on to Richmond, but McClellan...
Western Europe, etc. 1945. METEOROLOGISTS TO THE BALLOONCORPS, National Association of American BalloonCorps Veterans. History of the United States Air Force...
was the site of a military balloon camp under the flight direction of aeronaut John LaMountain. The Union Army BalloonCorps was being developed at Fort...
2015 (2015-09-01) TBA 0.590 Retellings: Tess Lynch on the Union Army BalloonCorps Mark Proksch on the Bone Wars Jenny Slate on the discovery of cosmic...
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