132nd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment was an air defence unit of Britain's Royal Artillery formed during World War II. It was one of the first 'Mixed' regiments in which women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service were integrated into the unit's personnel. It defended London and South-East England against aerial attack until it deployed to Belgium in January 1945 to defend Brussels against V-1 flying bombs.
Royal Artillery cap badge
An ATS member of a mixed 3.7-inch HAA gun battery, December 1942, wearing the 1st AA Division shoulder patch.
ATS women operating a height and range finder on an HAA gun site, December 1942.
A V-1 and launching ramp section on display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford.
The 113th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment was an air defence unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery during World War II. It saw action during The Blitz, landed in Normandy on D-Day and served throughout the subsequent campaign in North West Europe, operating as medium artillery in the Battle of the Scheldt, Unusually, its AA guns were successfully used to destroy enemy submarines in the closing stages of the war.
3.7-inch HAA gun preserved at Fort Paull (Photo: Andy Beecroft).
An AEC Matador tows a 3.7-inch HAA gun through the ruins of Caen, August 1944
Biber midget submarine preserved at Technik Museum Speyer.