117th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment was an air defence unit of Britain's Royal Artillery during World War II. It protected Sheffield during the latter part of The Blitz and also served on Merseyside an
Royal Artillery cap badge
Remains of a World War II HAA gunsite at Lyrawa Hill, Orkney.
Remains of the radar platform of the World War II HAA gunsite at South Walls, Orkney.
3.7-inch HAA gun in action near London, 29 August 1944 (note AA shell bursts in the distance).
1st Anti-Aircraft Group was a formation created by the British Army's Anti-Aircraft Command in 1942 to control anti-aircraft units defending London against Luftwaffe attacks during World War II. It co
117th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
…the corps and divisions being replaced by groups aligned with the groups of Royal Air Force (RAF) Fighter Command. The regiment joined 48th AA Bde in 1 AA Group, covering the London Inner Artillery Zone (IAZ). In January 1944 the Luftwaffe resumed night raids on London, which became known as the 'Baby Blitz…
206 Brompton Road, the former Brompton Road tube station closed in 1934, used as the headquarters of the London Inner Artillery Zone AA defences during World War II.
40 mm Bofors Mk 1 LAA gun.
Mobile Z Battery nine-rocket launcher.
Ground crew prepare a V-1 for launch.