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# RAF Beach Balloon Units

History of RAF Balloon Units in WW2 Combined Operations

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://rafbbunits.uk/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website.

## Posts

- [Blog](https://rafbbunits.uk/blog/) - News or blog posts relating to the RAF Beach Balloon Units website
- [Archibald Brookes and a Deadly Minefield](https://rafbbunits.uk/story/archibald-brookes-and-a-deadly-minefield/) - The death of RAF Corporal Archibald Brookes in a minefield in Normandy and the brave efforts of a party of Royal Engineers who recovered his body.
- [New Info About Beach Balloon Photo](https://rafbbunits.uk/story/new-info-about-beach-balloon-photo/) - Information from the Operations Record Book of 6 R.A.F. Beach Balloon Detachment sheds light on a photo of a balloon unit at work on a beach near Salerno in 1943.
- [Website Launched](https://rafbbunits.uk/news/website-launched/) - Announcement about the creation of the RAF Beach Balloon Units website
- [New Page Tells The Story of "K"  Balloon Unit](https://rafbbunits.uk/news/new-page-about-k-balloon-unit/) - How a photo prompted research into a beach balloon unit, with surprising results.

## Pages

- [Welcome](https://rafbbunits.uk/) - Welcome to the RAF Beach Balloon Units website. The balloons flown by these units were part of the anti-aircraft defences protecting the beaches and beach maintenance area during amphibious assault landings in World War Two. This site will showcase some of their history. Thank you for visitingMike Fenton Please note this is not an “official”
- ["F" Balloon Unit](https://rafbbunits.uk/f-balloon-unit-beach/) - There is no Operations Record Book available for "F" Beach Balloon Unit. Information found from other sources is given below. On 17th July 1943, the commanding officer of "F" Balloon Unit, F/Lt. Gates contacted F/O Burn of "K" Balloon Unit with instructions from Rear H.Q. Desert Air Force to combine units operationally and be ready
- [Operation "HUSKY"](https://rafbbunits.uk/operation-husky/) - The involvement of R.A.F. Beach Balloon units in Operation HUSKY, the assault landings in Sicily, D-Day, 10th July 1943.
- [4 Beach Balloon Detachment](https://rafbbunits.uk/4-beach-balloon-detachment/) - The operations record of No. 4 RAF Beach Balloon Detachment that took part in the assault landings at Reggio, Italy, Operation BAYTOWN, D-Day, 3rd September 1943.
- [3 Beach Balloon Detachment](https://rafbbunits.uk/3-beach-balloon-detachment/) - There is no Operations Record Book available for No. 3 Beach Balloon Detachment. Information found from other sources is given below. No. 3 Beach Balloon Detachment was formed in the first week of June 1943, with personnel mostly from No. 975 Balloon Squadron at El Firdan in the Canal Zone. The establishment was 1 officer
- [2 Beach Balloon Detachment](https://rafbbunits.uk/2-beach-balloon-detachment/) - There is no Operations Record Book available for No. 2 Beach Balloon Detachment. Information found from other sources is given below. No. 2 Beach Balloon Detachment was formed in the first week of June 1943, with personnel mostly from No. 975 Balloon Squadron at El Firdan in the Canal Zone. The establishment was 1 officer
- [1 Beach Balloon Detachment ](https://rafbbunits.uk/1-beach-balloon-detachment/) - There is no Operations Record Book available for No. 1 Beach Balloon Detachment. Information found from other sources is given below. No. 1 Beach Balloon Detachment was formed in the first week of June 1943, with personnel mostly from No. 975 Balloon Squadron at El Firdan in the Canal Zone. The establishment was 1 officer
- [980 Beach Balloon Squadron](https://rafbbunits.uk/n-w-europe/980-beach-balloon-squadron/) - No. 980 R.A.F. Beach Balloon Squadron, consisting of Nos. 54 and 55 Beach Balloon Flights, in Operation NEPTUNE, Normandy, France, 1944.
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- [Operation "SHINGLE"](https://rafbbunits.uk/operation-shingle/) - Assault Landings at Anzio and Nettuno,D-Day, 22nd January 1944 The Anzio landings (Operation "SHINGLE") were undertaken by the VI U.S. Corps (3 U.S. Division, and l British Division) with the object of cutting the German lines of communication south of Rome and so breaking the deadlock then developing on the land front at Cassino.1 Not
- [Mediterranean](https://rafbbunits.uk/mediterranean-operations/) - Amphibious assault landings in the Mediterranean theatre, in which RAF Beach Balloon Units took part.
- ["K" Balloon Unit](https://rafbbunits.uk/mediterranean-operations/k-balloon-unit/) - Information about RAF 'K' Beach Balloon Unit that took part in Operation HUSKY and Operation BAYTOWN - amphibious assault landings in Sicily and Italy in World War Two.
- [976 Beach Balloon Squadron](https://rafbbunits.uk/n-w-europe/976-beach-balloon-squadron/) - No. 976 R.A.F. Beach Balloon Squadron consisting of Nos. 50 and 53 Beach Balloon Flights, in Operation NEPTUNE, Normandy, France,1944.
- [991 Beach Balloon Squadron](https://rafbbunits.uk/n-w-europe/991-beach-balloon-squadron/) - No. 991 R.A.F. Beach Balloon Squadron consisting of Nos. 56 and 57 Beach Balloon Flights, at Arromanches, Mulberry B, 1944.
- [974 Beach Balloon Squadron](https://rafbbunits.uk/n-w-europe/974-beach-balloon-squadron/) - No. 974 R.A.F. Beach Balloon Squadron consisting of Nos. 51 and 52 Beach Balloon Flights, in Operation NEPTUNE, Normandy, France,1944.
- [5 Beach Balloon Detachment](https://rafbbunits.uk/5-beach-balloon-detachment/) - A few notes about No. 5 RAF Beach Balloon Detachment that took part in the assault landings in the Bay of Salerno, Operation AVALANCHE, D-Day, 9th September 1943.
- [6 Beach Balloon Detachment](https://rafbbunits.uk/mediterranean-operations/6-beach-balloon-detachment/) - The story of No. 6 RAF Beach Balloon Detachment that took part in the assault landings in the Bay of Salerno, Operation AVALANCHE, D-Day, 9th September 1943.
- [Operation "BAYTOWN"](https://rafbbunits.uk/operation-baytown/) - The involvement of R.A.F. Beach Balloon units in the assault landings at Reggio di Calabria, Italy, D-Day, 3rd September 1943
- [Operation "AVALANCHE"](https://rafbbunits.uk/operation-avalanche/) - The involvement of R.A.F. Beach Balloon units in Operation AVALANCHE, the assault landings in the Gulf of Salerno, D-Day, 9th September 1943
- [104 'P' Balloon Flight](https://rafbbunits.uk/n-w-europe/104-p-balloon-flight/) - 104 'P' Balloon Flight flew balloons to help with the air defence of Port en Bessin, Normandy from June to October 1944
- [North West Europe](https://rafbbunits.uk/n-w-europe/) - A summary of RAF Beach Balloon units that took part in operations in NW Europe during World War Two.
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- [About](https://rafbbunits.uk/about/) - Information about the RAF Beach Balloon Units website.
- [Beach-head Balloon Defence](https://rafbbunits.uk/n-w-europe/beachhead-balloon-defence/) - An explanation of beach-head balloon defences in the invasion of Normandy, D-Day 1944.
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