The 359th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery was an air defence unit of the British Army during World War II. After defending the North Midlands during The Blitz, it formed part of Force 122
Static 3.7-inch HAA gun
40 mm Bofors LAA gun
GL Mk II radar receiver van
Aerial photo of a GL radar mat.
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 through
359th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery
…the Royal Artillery (RA) on 21 September 1940 as part of the rapid expansion of Britain's Anti-Aircraft (AA) defences. On 10 December it joined a new 113th HAA Regiment forming at No 3 AA Practice Camp at Tŷ Croes on Anglesey. On 10 December, the regiment moved to the Nottingham–Derby Gun Zone, where it came under the…
Royal Artillery cap badge
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.