Balloon Command was formed on 1 November 1938 at RAF Stanmore Park in Middlesex. It consisted of a headquarters and several groups. Balloon Command was...

RAF Fighter Command was one of the commands of the Royal Air Force. It was formed in 1936 to allow more specialised control of fighter aircraft. It served...

Royal Air Force. He served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Balloon Command from 1944 to 1945. Gell was born in Birmingham the son of William...

Harrow). The unit was opened in 1939 and closed in 1997. In 1939 RAF Balloon Command was established at Stanmore Park. The unit was built on the grounds...

Royal Air Force. He served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Balloon Command from 1940 to 1944. Gossage was educated at Rugby School and Trinity...

to operate as No. 17 Balloon Centre of 33 Group (under RAF Balloon Command) which was headquartered in Sheffield. The balloons deployed from here were...

and the RAF Chinese Language School. Opened – 9 August 1939 (as No. 11 Balloon Centre) RAF Balloon Command (9 August 1939 – 22 April 1945) RAF Maintenance...

being known as RAF Lightwood between 1939 and 1943, and later RAF Norton between 1943 and 1965. On opening it was part of Balloon Command designated to...

air superiority over the RAF, with the aim of incapacitating RAF Fighter Command; 12 days later, it shifted the attacks to RAF airfields and infrastructure...

Force officer who became the last Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Balloon Command. Educated at Framlingham College, Lincoln was commissioned into the...

commander-in-chief RAF Balloon Command. On 1 December 1940, he was replaced by Air Marshal Sir Leslie Gossage at RAF Balloon Command. Boyd was then promoted...

operations stepped up with a move into No 11 Group of Fighter Command, being based at RAF North Weald by June 1941. On June 21, 1941, 22 year-old Nathaniel...

raids in response to the increasing effectiveness of the Royal Air Force's (RAF) area bombing offensive against German targets as a result of the area bombing...

commanding the squadron. In the interwar period, Park served with the RAF in a series of command and staff postings, including a period as air attaché in South...

the hangars housed the balloons from which trainees made their first drops.[citation needed] In 1954 RAF Maintenance Command used Shed No.1 for its rehearsals...

renaming Fighting Area. On 14 July 1936, 11 Group became the first RAF Fighter Command Group responsible for the air-defence of southern England, including...

Ambulance Unit flew under 46 Group Transport Command from RAF Down Ampney, RAF Broadwell, and RAF Blakehill Farm. RAF Dakota aircraft carried military supplies...

style uniform and latterly came under the administrative control of RAF Strike Command and the operational control of the Home Office. Civilian volunteers...

replaced Dowding as head of RAF Fighter Command. In 1942, Leigh-Mallory became Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of Fighter Command before being selected in 1943...

senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He was Air Officer Commanding RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain and is generally credited with playing...

RAF Chessington Hospital, demolished in the 1990s, first opened as RAF Hook around 1938 as a regional barrage balloon depot and was operated by RAF Balloon...

the destructive force of Bomber Command. He fended off attempts by the Royal Navy to take command over RAF Coastal Command, and resisted attempts by the...

be attacked with any probability of success. To support this mission, the RAF invested heavily in navigation training, equipping their aircraft with various...

RAF Acklington A RAF Aldergrove A RAF Anstruther R RAF Ayr A RAF Bamburgh R RAF Blakelaw HQ RAF Castletown A RAF Catterick A RAF Church Fenton A RAF Cockburnspath...

style uniform and latterly came under the administrative control of RAF Strike Command and the operational control of the Home Office. Civilian volunteers...

June 1944 RAF Fairlop became home to No. 24 Balloon Centre with four squadrons forming part of the balloon barrage around London. The balloons were manned...

Biggin Hill was also used by RAF Balloon Command. After the war, Biggin Hill was briefly used by RAF Transport Command, and then became a base for both...

Barrage balloons. Barrage Balloon Reunion Club Popular Science, August 1943, British Barrage Balloon Secrets BBC's WW2 People's War: Barrage Balloons RAF Barrage...

Pile, who remained in command until the end of the war. AA Command was under the operational direction of RAF Fighter Command as part of Air Defence...

in purely RAF-context in 1936 when Bomber Command, Fighter Command, Coastal Command and Training Command were formed. Since that time the RAF has made...