Originally Posted by
langleybaston
Not so.
In WW II my father was on the front line with his barrage balloon ......... Coventry in the Blitz, Suez Canal attached to ships in canal transit, and attached to a warship for D Day. Very front line, very shot at.
Barrage Balloons were Fighter Command.
Erm....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Balloon_Command
Is your Great War history as accurate?