132nd 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 Territoria
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.
40th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
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The 40th 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. Its initial role was to
132nd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
…where a 'downed' V-1 would cause no damage. The introduction of VT Proximity fuzes also increased the 'kill rate'. 132nd (M) HAA Regiment transferred to 40 AA Brigade, which was moved into the V-1 flightpath. The whole process involved moving hundreds of guns and vehicles and thousands of servicemen and women, but a…
90 cm 'Projector Anti-Aircraft', displayed at Fort Nelson, Portsmouth
150 cm Searchlight with AA Radar No 2
3.7-inch HAA guns on anti-Diver duty at Hastings, 28 July 1944.
Bofors LAA guns on anti-Diver duty on the South Coast, August 1944.