Barrage Balloon Collection

Barrage balloon, Somme, northern France, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Aerostiers et Observateurs en Ballon; Tandis que le ballon, abandonne a son sort, acheve... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Aerostiers et Observateurs en Ballon; Tandis que le ballon, abandonne a son sort, acheve de bruler a terre, deux sapeurs s'efforcent de sauver la soupape qui est la plus precieuse de

Aerostiers et Observateurs en Ballon; Un ballon. Ramene a terre apres... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Aerostiers et Observateurs en Ballon; Un ballon . Ramene a terre apres avoir ete attaque par un avion allemand, s'enflamme entre les mains des servants

Barrage balloon, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Barrage balloon, Parris Island, S.C

U. S. Marine Corps, bedding down a big barrage balloon, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
U.S. Marine Corps, bedding down a big barrage balloon, Parris Island, S.C

Marine Corps barrage balloon, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine Corps barrage balloon, Parris Island, S.C

Marine Corps barrage balloons, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine Corps barrage balloons, Parris Island, S.C

Workers on the Liberator Bombers, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Workers on the Liberator Bombers, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Parris Island, S. C. barrage balloon, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Parris Island, S.C. barrage balloon

Lea Bridge Rubber Works Ltd - Aircraft Section, 1941. Creator: Unknown
Lea Bridge Rubber Works Ltd - Aircraft Section, 1941. Advertisement for a company that manufactured items used by the British armed forces during the Second World War: barrage balloons, parachutes

Royal Field Artillery Kite Balloons Were The Eyes of Our Guns in France, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: The observers were highly trained men

One of Our Observation Balloons, (1919). Creator: Unknown
One of Our Observation Balloons, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: It is seen coming to rest after a mornings work peering over the German lines near Ypres, [Belgium]

At A Balloon Centre, c1943. Creator: Cecil Beaton
At A Balloon Centre, c1943. Barrage balloons were used to defend against attack by enemy aircraft. They were raised aloft on cables to create a risk of collision

Balloon Fabric Workers, c1943. Creator: Cecil Beaton
Balloon Fabric Workers, c1943. WaFs making barrage balloons. The Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF), whose members were referred to as WaFs

Balloon Operator, c1943. Creator: Cecil Beaton
Balloon Operator, c1943. Woman in waterproofs operating a barrage balloon. The Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF), whose members were referred to as WaFs

Repairing Barrage Balloons, c1943. Creator: Cecil Beaton
Repairing Barrage Balloons, c1943. Barrage balloons were used to defend against attack by enemy aircraft. They were raised aloft on cables to create a risk of collision

Streamlined barrage balloon with basket, 1918, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Streamlined barrage balloon with basket, 1918, (1932). Barrage balloon built in August Riedingers balloon factory in Augsburg, Germany. Capacity: 1000 cubic metres

Dragon barrage balloon, c1898, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Dragon barrage balloon, c1898, (1932). German barrage balloon (Drachenfesselballon) with basket, Hans Bartsch von Sigsfeld system, used by the military for observation

Observation of enemy positions from a barrage balloon, c1914-c1918. Barrage balloons were also used to make an attackers approach more difficult

Barrage balloon, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Use of the winch for barrage balloon, Somme, northern France, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Raising of barrage balloon with basket for observation, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Basket of barrage balloon, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Winch for barrage balloon, Genicourt, northern France, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Barrage balloon, Genicourt, northern France, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

French soldiers, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Working on balloons, 1940. From Life in the W.A.A.F. booklet on the Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF), in Tucks Better Little Book series

Putting barrage ballons into a hangar, 1943
Putting the balloons to bed in giant hangars is part of the intensive training undertaken by balloon operators. From Roof Over Britain. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

Woman of the WaF handling a barrage balloon, 1943. The WaF takes over. The handling of barrage balloon requires skill, team-work and considerable physical strength. From Roof Over Britain

March past, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
March past, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Packing, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Packing, 1941. Women of the Womens Auxiliary Air Force working on a barrage balloon. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

The cord, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
The cord, 1941. Women of the Womens Auxiliary Air Force working on a barrage balloon. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

The monster mastered, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
The monster mastered, 1941. Men grapple to keep a barrage balloon under control. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

The web (WaFS working on a balloon), 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
The web (WaFS working on a balloon), 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

The front page of His Majestys Minesweepers, 1943. From His Majestys Minesweepers. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

Barrage balloon at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, USSR, 1942. Found in the collection of the Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk

Barrage balloons near Moscow, USSR, World War II, 1941. Found in the collection of the Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk

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