Commanded by AVM Owen Tudor Boyd, the RAF Balloon Command was formed to control all UK-based barrage balloon units during World War II. Some 1,500 barrage balloons were deployed by the outbreak of war.
Commanded by AVM Owen Tudor Boyd, the RAF Balloon Command was formed to control all UK-based barrage balloon units during World War II. Some 1,500 barrage balloons were deployed by the outbreak of war.