Appendix 21: Equipment and Location of Balloon Squadrons, 31st August 1940
Squadron | Equipment | Location |
NO. 30 (BALLOON BARRAGE) GROUP, LONDON (Group Captain W. J. Y. Guilfoyle) | ||
No. 1 Balloon Centre, Kidbrooke | ||
901 | 45 balloons | Abbey Wood |
902 | 45 balloons | Kidbrooke |
952 | 40 balloons (32 waterborne) | Sheerness |
961 | 24 balloons (8 waterborne) | Dover |
No. 2 Balloon Centre, Hook, Surrey | ||
903 | 45 balloons | Forest Hill |
904 | 45 balloons | Clapham |
905 | 45 balloons | Kensington |
No. 3 Balloon Centre, Stanmore | ||
906 | 45 balloons | Hampstead |
907 | 45 balloons | Woodberry Down |
956 | 24 balloons | Colnbrook |
No. 4 Balloon Centre, Chigwell | ||
908 | 45 balloons | Metropolis |
909 | 45 balloons | East Ham |
910 | 45 balloons (3 waterborne) | Dagenham |
928 | 24 balloons (10 waterborne) | Harwich |
NO. 31 (BALLOON BARRAGE) GROUP, BIRMINGHAM (Air Commodore J. C. Quinnell) | ||
No. 5 Balloon Centre, Sutton Coldfield | ||
911 | 48 balloons | West Bromwich |
913 | 40 balloons | Sutton Coldfield |
962 | 24 balloons (9 waterborne) | Milford Haven |
No. 6 Balloon Centre, Wythall | ||
914 | 40 balloons | Northfield |
915 | 40 balloons | Rowkeath |
916 | 32 balloons | Coventry |
917 | 24 balloons | Coventry |
No. 7 Balloon Centre, Alvaston, Derby | ||
918 | 32 balloons | Alvaston |
No. 8 Balloon Centre, Fazakerley | ||
919 | 52 balloons (12 waterborne) | Birkenhead |
921 | 48 balloons | Fazakerley |
No. 9 Balloon Centre, Warrington | ||
922 | 32 balloons | Cuerdley |
923 | 32 balloons | Runcorn |
949 | 32 balloons | Crewe |
No. 10 Balloon Centre, Manchester | ||
925 | 40 balloons | Manchester and Bowlee |
926 | 40 balloons | Bowlee |
NO. 32 (BALLOON BARRAGE) GROUP, ROMSEY (Air Commodore A. A. Walser) | ||
No. 11 Balloon Centre, Bristol | ||
912 | 24 balloons | Brockworth |
927 | 32 balloons | Bristol |
935 | 24 balloons | Filton |
951 | 40 balloons | Bristol |
957 | 24 balloons | Yeovil |
No. 12 Balloon Centre, Fareham | ||
924 | 24 balloons | Eastleigh |
930 | 50 balloons (10 waterborne) | Southampton |
932 | 32 balloons | Portsmouth |
933 | 24 balloons | Gosport |
No. 13 Balloon Centre, Plymouth | ||
934 | 24 balloons | Plymouth |
959 | 24 balloons (8 waterborne) | Falmouth |
964 | 24 balloons (6 waterborne) | Torpoint |
No. 14 Balloon Centre, Cardiff | ||
953 | 39 balloons (7 waterborne) | Cardiff |
958 | 35 balloons (3 waterborne) | Swansea |
965 | 16 balloons | Port Talbot |
966 | 40 balloons | Newport |
969 | 16 balloons | Barry |
NO. 33 (BALLOON BARRAGE) GROUP, SHEFFIELD (Air Commodore S. W. Smith) | ||
No. 15 Balloon Centre, Newcastle | ||
936 | 40 balloons (4 waterborne) | Benton |
937 | 32 balloons (3 waterborne) | South Tyne |
938 | 48 balloons | Billingham |
No. 16 Balloon Centre, Sheffield | ||
939 | 40 balloons | Sheffield |
940 | 32 balloons | Rotherham |
No. 17 Balloon Centre, Sutton-on-Hull | ||
942 | 42 balloons (24 waterborne) | Hull |
943 | 32 balloons | Hull |
NO. 34 (BALLOON BARRAGE) GROUP, EDINBURGH (Group Captain H. R. Busteed) | ||
No. 18 Balloon Centre, Glasgow | ||
929 | 24 balloons (7 waterborne) | South Queensferry |
945 | 40 balloons | Glasgow |
946 | 48 balloons | Renfrew |
947 | 32 balloons | Glasgow |
948 | 24 balloons | Rosyth |
967 | 48 balloons | Ardrossan |
968 | 40 balloons (8 waterborne) | forming at Bishopbriggs; moved to Belfast 12.9.40. |
No. 20 Balloon Centre, Lyness | ||
950 | 32 balloons | Lyness |
960 | 24 balloons (16 waterborne) | Lyness |
Under Group Command | ||
920 | 16 balloons (11 waterborne) | Kyle of Lochalsh |
NOTE
The authorised establishment (initial equipment) of 2,600 balloons was made up as follows:
Total of foregoing establishments | 2,204 |
Additions and extensions approved but not installed | 232 |
Reserve for unforeseen contingencies | 164 |
2,600 |