“BALLOON NAVY” SCARES MINE SOWERS—Far out in the Thames Estuary four aircraftmen and four lightermen man a unit of the “Balloon Navy.” This is a heavy motor-barge, aboard which is a six-wheeled lorry to which is attached a barrage balloon. The barge outfit was one of the many additional components of the balloon barrage which were brought into being shortly after the Nazis started laying mines by seaplane. Today the Germans do not know where to expect to meet the barrage. The motor barges drawing the balloons can move under their own power to any part of the coast.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 June 1940, Page 6
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99“BALLOON NAVY” SCARES MINE SOWERS—Far out in the Thames Estuary four aircraftmen and four lightermen man a unit of the “Balloon Navy.” This is a heavy motor-barge, aboard which is a six-wheeled lorry to which is attached a barrage balloon. The barge outfit was one of the many additional components of the balloon barrage which were brought into being shortly after the Nazis started laying mines by seaplane. Today the Germans do not know where to expect to meet the barrage. The motor barges drawing the balloons can move under their own power to any part of the coast. Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 June 1940, Page 6
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