No more ACs, LACs, and SACs....
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The Balloon organisation was, as far as I can gather, a little odd. First, it was part of Fighter Command [open to correction, as always]. Secondly they were deployed in small batches, such as Suez Canal mobile ship assets ....... dad would plonk his balloon on a ship at one end, have a cruise to the other, move the balloon to a returning ship and so on. And for outings like D Day, his balloon was lashed to a destroyer or whatever. The chain of command relied on a lot of decent blokes a long way from much brass, doing a boring but worthwhile task. [Coventry in the Blitz failed to bore him]. I think he only saw officers for Pay Parade or jankers. He wore a Good Conduct badge by the end of the war so not a lot of jankers.
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LB … many small parts make the whole thing work. Even those without Brevets/Badges were and are still essential!
