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
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.
37th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
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The 37th Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army formed just before the outbreak of the Second World War. It was engaged in defending the Thames Estuary during
1st Anti-Aircraft Group (United Kingdom)
…Gp October 1943 169 (M) HAA Regiment – from 4 AA Gp October 1943 132 LAA Regiment 12 (M) AA 'Z' Regiment – disbanded November 1943 328 GOR, Fort Luton 37 AA Bde – 'Thames North' 121 HAA Regiment – to 21st Army Group by September 1943 136 HAA Regiment – to 2 AA Gp August 1943 167 (M) HAA Regiment – to 4 AA Gp…
Loading a mobile multiple 4-inch Z projector.
V-1 falling over London, 1944.
V-1 slung under the wing of a Heinkel He 111 bomber.
3.7-inch HAA battery in action near London 29 August 1944