The 11th Anti-Aircraft Division was an air defence formation of the British Army during the early years of the Second World War. It defended the West Midlands during The Blitz, including the notorious
Formation sign of the division.
Coventry city centre following the 14/15 November air raid
Birmingham High Street, looking towards the Bull Ring area, after heavy bombing on 10 April 1941.
The 34th Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Anti-Aircraft Command in the British Territorial Army formed shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. It defended the West Mi
11th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)
…control the expanding anti-aircraft (AA) defences of the United Kingdom. The division was formed by separating two Territorial Army (TA) brigade areas (34th (South Midland) and 54th) from the 4th AA Division in North West England and adding a Regular Army headquarters from the (1st AA Brigade) that had recently returned…
Mobile 3.7-inch HAA guns in action, early in the Second World War.