Appendix XXI
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 ud as follows:

Total of foregoing establishments 2,204
Additions and extensions approved but not installed 232
Reserve for unforeseen contingencies   164
  2,600

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