US Marine Corps barrage balloon, Parris Island, South Carolina, in May 1942
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 steel cables which pose a severe risk of collision to hostile aircraft, making the attacker's approach difficult and hazardous. Early barrage balloons were often spherical. The kite balloon, having a shape and cable bridling which stabilises the balloon and reduces drag, could be operated at higher wind speeds than could a spherical balloon. Some examples carried small explosive charges that would be pulled up against the aircraft to ensure its destruction. Barrage balloons are not practical against high-altitude aircraft—the long cable required for a high-altitude balloon would be too heavy.
A barrageballoon is a type of airborne barrage, a large uncrewed tethered balloon used to defend ground targets against aircraft attack, by raising aloft...
The 320th BarrageBalloon Battalion was an African American United States Army unit that saw combat in Europe during World War II. This VLA (Very Low...
Balloon Command was the Royal Air Force command which was responsible for controlling all the United Kingdom-based barrageballoon units during the Second...
up barrage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Barrage may refer to: Barrage (Barrage album), by band BarrageBarrage (Paul Bley album), 1965 Barrage (group)...
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the anti-aircraft balloon defences of the UK. At the outbreak of war in 1939 there were about 42 Squadrons operating barrageballoons, with the number...
War I and similar designs were used for anti-aircraft barriers, as barrageballoons in both world wars. Developed in Germany from 1893 by Parseval and...
This is a list of BarrageBalloon Organisations of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force formed shortly before and during the Second World War. As the AAF was...
Kavanagh Balloons of Australia, Schroeder Fire Balloons of Germany, Kubicek Balloons of the Czech Republic, and LLopis Balloons of France. Barrageballoon Blimp...
happen if a barrageballoon accidentally got loose, in 1937 the British carried out a study on the damage that may be caused by a balloon-carried wire...
Squadrons are the main form of flying unit of the Royal Air Force (RAF). These include Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) squadrons...
authorized the Marine Corps to create barrageballoon squadrons for the air defense of advanced naval bases. Balloon training was cancelled in the summer...
barrow cemetery on Shortwood Hill to the remains of a World War II barrageballoon depot. The earliest human activity in this area dates to the prehistoric...
warfare History of aerial warfare Balloon (aeronautics) Balloon propaganda campaigns in Korea Barrageballoon Fort Omaha Balloon School – home of World War I...
Fitted with Kuto-Nase barrageballoon cable-cutters. He 111 H-8 The H-8 was a rebuild of H-3 or H-5 aircraft, but with balloon cable-cutting fender. The...
the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. While serving in a barrageballoon unit, he was asked to broadcast as a quizmaster on the BBC radio show...
exercises with the school. At the beginning of World War II, it operated barrageballoons, but that mission was assigned to the coast artillery and the squadron...
either decommissioned or converted to seaplane tenders after the War. Barrageballoon Brodie landing system CAM ship Fighter catapult ship John Buckley (2006)...
British usage it refers to any non-rigid aerostat, including barrageballoons and other kite balloons, having a streamlined shape and stabilising tail fins....
kite balloons and non-rigid airships are sometimes called "blimps". Notable uses of tethered balloons include observation balloons and barrageballoons and...
started building barrageballoons; it became the No 1 RAF Balloon Training Unit responsible for the storage and training of balloon operators and drivers...
first opened as RAF Hook around 1938 as a regional barrageballoon depot and was operated by RAF Balloon Command. It became a vital part of Britain's defence...
to wear their spurs inside tanks. The character was named after the barrageballoon, which was known as a blimp.[citation needed] Blimp issues proclamations...
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