31 AUGUST 1940
HQ BALLOON COMMAND
(Air Vice-Marshal O. T. Boyd)
NO. 30 (BALLOON BARRAGE) GROUP, LONDON
(Group Captain W. J. Y. Guilfoyle)
No. 1 Balloon Centre, Kidbrooke
154 balloons
(40 waterborne)
No. 2 Balloon Centre, Hook, Surrey
135 balloons
No. 3 Balloon Centre, Stanmore
114 balloons
No. 4 Balloon Centre, Chigwell
159 balloons
(13 waterborne)
Total 562
NO. 31 (BALLOON BARRAGE) GROUP, BIRMINGHAM
(Air Commodore J. C. Quinnell)
No. 5 Balloon Centre, Sutton Coldfield
112 balloons
(9 waterborne)
No. 6 Balloon Centre, Wythall
136 balloons
No. 7 Balloon Centre, Alvaston, Derby
32 balloons
No. 8 Balloon Centre, Fazakerley
100 balloons
(12 waterborne)
No. 9 Balloon Centre, Warrington
96 balloons
No. 10 Balloon Centre, Manchester
80 balloons
Total 556
NO. 32 (BALLOON BARRAGE) GROUP, ROMSEY
(Air Commodore A. A. Walker)
No. 11 Balloon Centre, Bristol
144 balloons
No. 12 Balloon Centre, Fareham
130 balloons
(10 waterborne)
No. 13 Balloon Centre, Plymouth
72 balloons
(14 waterborne)
No. 14 Balloon Centre, Cardiff
146 balloons
(10 waterborne)
Total 492
NO. 33 (BALLOON BARRAGE) GROUP, SHEFFIELD
(Air Commodore S. W. Smith)
No. 15 Balloon Centre, Newcastle
120 balloons
(7 waterborne)
No. 16 Balloon Centre, Sheffield
72 balloons
No. 17 Balloon Centre, Sutton-on-Hull
74 balloons
(24 waterborne)
Total 266
NO. 34 (BALLOON BARRAGE) GROUP, EDINBURGH
(Group Captain H. R. Busteed)
No. 18 Balloon Centre, Glasgow
256 balloons
(15 waterborne)
No. 20 Balloon Centre, Lyness
56 balloons
(16 waterborne)
Total 312
Under Group Command (Kyle of Lochalsh)
16 balloons
(11 waterborne)
Total 2,204 balloons (181 waterborne)