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The Balloon Defences

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)