183rd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
183rd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment was an air defence unit of Britain's Royal Artillery formed during World War II. Around two-thirds of its personnel were women from the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). The regiment was heavily engaged in Operation Diver, defending England against V-1 flying bombs, and later was deployed to Antwerp to carry out anti-Diver duties there in the closing stages of the war.
Royal Artillery cap badge
An ATS member of a mixed 3.7-inch HAA gun battery, December 1942.
ATS women operating a height and range finder on an HAA gun site, December 1942.
3.7-inch HAA guns on anti-Diver duty at Hastings, 28 July 1944.
38th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 38th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army formed just before the Second World War, which protected London and Southern England during the Blitz and later converted into an infantry formation for the liberation of Europe.
90 cm Projector Anti-Aircraft, displayed at Fort Nelson, Portsmouth
150 cm Searchlight equipped with SLC radar.
Home Guard soldiers load a single launcher on a static 'Z' Battery, July 1942