54th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
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The 54th Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army formed immediately before the outbreak of the Second World War. It was engaged in defending the West Midlands
Coventry city centre following 14 November air raid.
Formation sign of 11 AA Division
The 11th Anti-Aircraft Division was an air defence formation of the British Army during the early years of the Second World War. It defended the West Midlands during The Blitz, including the notorious
54th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
…of AA Command in November 1940, 54 AA Bde assumed responsibility for searchlight provision for the Gun Defence Areas of the West Midlands under a new 11th AA Division. At this time it only had two regiments under command: 45th (Royal Warwicks) and 80th, a new regiment raised in October 1940. The new division was still…
Birmingham High Street, looking towards the Bull Ring area, after heavy bombing on 10 April 1941.