RAF Balloon Command
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Balloon Command was the Royal Air Force command which was responsible for controlling all the United Kingdom-based barrage balloon units during the Second World War.
WAAF Barrage Balloon crews at RAF Cardington.
Restored Fordson Sussex Balloon Winch Tender
Rear view of Fordson Sussex on display at the RAF Museum Hendon.
Balloons over London.
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
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The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), whose members were referred to as WAAFs, was the female auxiliary of the British Royal Air Force during World War II. Established in 1939, WAAF numbers exceeded 181,000 at its peak strength in 1943, with over 2,000 women enlisting per week.
The first WAAF nursing orderlies selected to fly on air-ambulance duties to France, 1944
WAAF Recruitment poster
The Operations Room at RAF Fighter Command's No. 10 Group Headquarters, Rudloe Manor (RAF Box), Wiltshire, showing WAAF plotters and duty officers at work, 1943