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394 Barrage Balloon Images and Stock Photos

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Women's Auxiliary Air Force personnel on a barrage balloon site during World War Two, in the Temple area of the City of London, England, circa 1942....

World War II - Barrage Balloon Site, Temple, City Of London

Still from the film 'Operational Height' produced by the RAF Film Production Unit during the Second World War, showing RAF aviators tethering a...

Still From "Operational Height

With their barrage balloons safely tucked away in the hanger for the night, W.A.A.F. Balloon operators report for inspection before going off duty...

Women Balloon Operators

Repairing Barrage Balloons', circa 1943. Barrage balloons were used to defend against attack by enemy aircraft. They were raised aloft on cables to...

Repairing Barrage Balloons

'Packing', 1941. Women of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force working on a barrage balloon. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majesty's Stationery...

Two ground crew members prepare to launch a barrage balloon at Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, June 14, 1944 | Location: Naval Air Station,...

Launching a Barrage Balloon

Barrage balloons above a war convoy during the Second World War, circa 1942. The anti-aircraft balloons are tethered by steel cables to the vessels...

World War II - The War At Sea

Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force of No 1 RAF Balloon Training Unit, RAF Balloon Command manoeuvre anti aircraft defence barrage balloons...

Anti Aircraft Barrage Balloon

At A Balloon Centre', circa 1943. Barrage balloons were used to defend against attack by enemy aircraft. They were raised aloft on cables to create a...

At A Balloon Centre

Woman of the WAAF handling a barrage balloon, 1943. The WAAF takes over. The handling of barrage balloon requires skill, team-work and considerable...

Woman Of The Waaf Handling A Barrage Balloon

Putting the balloons to bed in giant hangars is part of the intensive training undertaken by balloon operators. From Roof Over Britain. [His...

Putting Barrage Ballons Into A Hangar

'The cord', 1941. Women of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force working on a barrage balloon. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majesty's...

'The monster mastered', 1941. Men grapple to keep a barrage balloon under control. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majesty's Stationery...

The Monster Mastered

Barge containing living quarters for personnel tows a floating barrage balloon along the Thames. A net was strung between hundreds of the...

Barge Towing Barrage Balloon

Barrage Balloon, its crew and lorry.

Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force at work repairing damaged anti aircraft defence barrage balloons using a Singer Sewing machine on 26th...

World War Two: Women's Auxiliary Air Force 1940

Six members of the Women's Royal Air Force from RAF Balloon Command line up on parade in front of a barrage balloon somewhere in southern England...

Barrage Balloon Crew

Repairing Barrage Balloons', circa 1943. Barrage balloons were used to defend against attack by enemy aircraft. They were raised aloft on cables to...

Repairing Barrage Balloons

Balloon Operator', circa 1943. Woman in waterproofs operating a barrage balloon. The Women's Auxiliary Air Force , whose members were referred to as...

Balloon Operator

Balloon Fabric Workers', circa 1943. WAAFs making barrage balloons. The Women's Auxiliary Air Force , whose members were referred to as 'WAAFs', was...

Balloon Fabric Workers

Repairing Barrage Balloons', circa 1943. Barrage balloons were used to defend against attack by enemy aircraft. They were raised aloft on cables to...

Repairing Barrage Balloons

Landing operations at Salerno, Italy. American soldiers climb down a rope ladder along the side of their transport to Salerno, Italy. A tethered...

Americans Land at Salerno

Still from the film 'Operational Height' produced by the RAF Film Production Unit during the Second World War, showing two men in uniform aboard a...

Still From "Operational Height

Barrage balloons float overhead as a coastal convoy prepares to leave a British port, guarded by escort ships, United Kingdom, 6th May 1942. The...

World War II - Coastal Convoy

Member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force at work repairing damaged anti aircraft defence barrage balloons using a Singer Sewing machine, circa March...

World War Two: Women's Auxiliary Air Force 1940

Convoy of merchantmen and colliers protected by warships of the Royal Navy and anti aircraft barrage balloons assemble off the North West Coast of...

World War Two: War at Sea 1942

Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force at work repairing damaged anti aircraft defence barrage balloons on 26th February 1940 at an unknown...

Women's Auxiliary Air Force

An anti aircraft barrage balloon is tethered by cables to a Royal Navy ship on convoy protection duties circa July 1940 in the English Channel off...

Anti Aircraft Barrage Balloon

'Lea Bridge Rubber Works Ltd - Aircraft Section', 1941. Advertisement for a company that manufactured items used by the British armed forces during...

Lea Bridge Rubber Works Ltd - Aircraft Section

Barrage balloon, circa 1914-circa 1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I . Artist Unknown.

Barrage Balloon

Use of the winch for barrage balloon, Somme, northern France, circa 1914-circa 1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images...

Use Of The Winch For Barrage Balloon

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

Basket Of Barrage Balloon

Activists inflate a giant balloon depicting US President Donald Trump as an orange baby in north London on July 10, 2018 ahead of a demonstration in...

BRITAIN-US-DIPLOMACY-DEMO-TRUMP

Activists inflate a giant balloon depicting US President Donald Trump as an orange baby in north London on July 10, 2018 ahead of a demonstration in...

BRITAIN-US-DIPLOMACY-DEMO-TRUMP

Activists inflate a giant balloon depicting US President Donald Trump as an orange baby in north London on July 10, 2018 ahead of a demonstration in...

BRITAIN-US-DIPLOMACY-DEMO-TRUMP

Activists inflate a giant balloon depicting US President Donald Trump as an orange baby in north London on July 10, 2018 ahead of a demonstration in...

BRITAIN-US-DIPLOMACY-DEMO-TRUMP

Activists inflate a giant balloon depicting US President Donald Trump as an orange baby in north London on July 10, 2018 ahead of a demonstration in...

BRITAIN-US-DIPLOMACY-DEMO-TRUMP

Activists inflate a giant balloon depicting US President Donald Trump as an orange baby in north London on July 10, 2018 ahead of a demonstration in...

BRITAIN-US-DIPLOMACY-DEMO-TRUMP

Activists inflate a giant balloon depicting US President Donald Trump as an orange baby in north London on July 10, 2018 ahead of a demonstration in...

BRITAIN-US-DIPLOMACY-DEMO-TRUMP

Activists inflate a giant balloon depicting US President Donald Trump as an orange baby in north London on July 10, 2018 ahead of a demonstration in...

BRITAIN-US-DIPLOMACY-DEMO-TRUMP

Activists inflate a giant balloon depicting US President Donald Trump as an orange baby in north London on July 10, 2018 ahead of a demonstration in...

BRITAIN-US-DIPLOMACY-DEMO-TRUMP

Activists inflate a giant balloon depicting US President Donald Trump as an orange baby in north London on July 10, 2018 ahead of a demonstration in...

BRITAIN-US-DIPLOMACY-DEMO-TRUMP

Activists inflate a giant balloon depicting US President Donald Trump as an orange baby in north London on July 10, 2018 ahead of a demonstration in...

BRITAIN-US-DIPLOMACY-DEMO-TRUMP

Activists inflate a giant balloon depicting US President Donald Trump as an orange baby in north London on July 10, 2018 ahead of a demonstration in...

BRITAIN-US-DIPLOMACY-DEMO-TRUMP

Activists inflate a giant balloon depicting US President Donald Trump as an orange baby in north London on July 10, 2018 ahead of a demonstration in...

BRITAIN-US-DIPLOMACY-DEMO-TRUMP

Activists inflate a giant balloon depicting US President Donald Trump as an orange baby in north London on July 10, 2018 ahead of a demonstration in...

BRITAIN-US-DIPLOMACY-DEMO-TRUMP

Activists inflate a giant balloon depicting US President Donald Trump as an orange baby in north London on July 10, 2018 ahead of a demonstration in...

BRITAIN-US-DIPLOMACY-DEMO-TRUMP

Trainees Sitting Around Instructor at Balloon Barrage Training Center, Camp Tyson, Tennessee, USA, Office of War Information, early 1940's.

Trainees Sitting Around Instructor at Balloon Barrage Training Center, Camp Tyson, Tennessee, early 1940's

Tail View of Barrage Balloon as it is Slowly Raised from Ground, Camp Tyson, Tennessee, USA, Office of War Information, early 1940's.

Tail View of Barrage Balloon as it is Slowly Raised from Ground, Camp Tyson, Tennessee, early 1940's

General View Stade de la Mosson of Montpellier during the Ligue 1 play-off match between AC Ajaccio and Toulouse at Stade de la Mosson on May 23,...

AC Ajaccio v Toulouse - play-off French Ligue 1

Barrage balloons World War I.

Barrage balloons.

Marine Units in Training with Big Barrage Balloon, Parris Island, South Carolina, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, May 1942.

U.S. Marine Units in Training with Big Barrage Balloon, Parris Island, South Carolina, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, May 1942

Marine Corps Barrage Balloons, Parris Island, South Carolina, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, May 1942.

Marine Corps Barrage Balloons, Parris Island, South Carolina, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, May 1942

Site of a downed Bristol Blenheim in Bearwood, Birmingham during the Second World War showing emergency services at the scene in a residential street...

Downed aircraft Birmingham 1942

View of US military vessels in Weymouth Harbour during preparations for the Normandy invasions, Weymouth, Dorset, England, May 1, 1944. Visible in...

D-Day Prep In Weymouth

Barrage balloon during the descent. Hook Surrey , 1939-1945.

Barrage balloon during the descent.

'March past', 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1941]Artist Cecil Beaton.

'The web ', 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1941]Artist Cecil Beaton.

The Web (Waafs Working On A Balloon)

Plate taken from the �Illustrated London News� . The use of balloons as methods of transport was begun during the Franco-Prussian War, and during the...

German war balloon, 1892.

Model . Barrage balloons were used to protect land-based targets from low-flying aircraft. This forced the enemy aircraft to fly at heights of over...

Barrage balloon, c 1939.