The 73rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, was an air defence unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery during World War II. It served during the London Blitz, landed on D-Day, seeing action throughout the campaign in North West Europe and defending the cities of Belgium against V-1 flying bombs.
Royal Artillery cap badge
Bofors 40 mm LAA gun equipped with 'Stiffkey Stick' sights
Crusader AA Mark I SP Bofors gun
Troops of 3rd Division sheltering on Sword on D-Day, with Bofors gun in background.
39th Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army (TA) during the Second World War. It was responsible under Anti-Aircraft Command for protecting industry along the Humber Estuary and airfields in Lincolnshire during The Blitz. Later it defended the coast of East Anglia against Luftwaffe 'hit-and-run' attacks. It was later converted to a field force formation, covered the embarkation ports for Operation Overlord and defended London against V-1 flying bombs. It served in the campaign in North West Europe, defending Antwerp against V-1s and supervising the clean-up of the notorious Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Troops of 9th Bn, Hampshire Regiment, helping to clear bomb damage in Hull.
The National Picture Theatre (right) on Beverley Road, burnt out during the Hull Blitz, now a listed building under the National Civilian WW2 Memorial Trust
Static 3.7-inch HAA gun preserved at Fort Paull in the Hull GDA (Photo: Andy Beecroft).
RA gunners load a mobile multiple launcher, June 1941.