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The

Fourth Article

By Air Commodore

Real purpose of the

BALLOON

BARRAGE

P. F. M. Fellowes, D.S.O.

SOME irreverent person

A really full-out pilot-and once said the barrage these do not by any means grow balloon resembled an elephant on every gooseberry bush-will that had received bad news.

take a chanco and dive between balloons if he can see them.

There is also the delightful story of the old Londoner who, at the beginning of the war, was heard to say-

"However long those bloom- Phone 27778-9ing Huns stay up there in their balloons, they won't frighten

Thongkong Telegraph.

Wednesday, Juno 4, 1941.

Wyndham St, Hongkong Telephono: 20015

THE pronx. "Special to the Telegraph

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WHAT IF THE DICTATORS

DO MEET!

me!""

·

He knows that the wire al- ways lies in a curve below, and in a line with the longer axis of the balloon.

Another objection to the bar- rage balloons is that they are a source of great danger and men- tal discomfort to our own pilots. In short, the balloons are

If an aircraft hits a balloon treated by the public with a cer- wire it is not by any means tain levity. And I myself must certain that the aircraft will be confess that I have always brought down-but it is certain-- doubted the economic and tac- ly not a chance that any pilot tical value of the great balloon in the world will take if he can organisation we have built up. avoid it;

Nevertheless, that does not

A machine hitting a balloon

diminish my great respect for wire is quite likely to cut the the thoroughness and efficiency cable, even if it is not brought with which the plan has been down itself. If a propeller hits carried out.

to keep aircraft to such a height that they are unable to

a balloon wire it will be dam-

Moral Effect

once

Handling a balloon requires training and experience, resource and initiative.”

There is, in fact, no question aged, but the aircraft may still that the balloons have reached a

be able to fly. remarkably high standard of

With this example before us, such enormous heights, and con- organisation under the com- mand of Air Chief Marshal Sir If a very large aeroplane runs

I can see no reason why obser- tinue to fly at such great speeds. E. L. Gossage.

into a balloon wire, the chances vers in balloons should not be

utilised for convoy work,

Sound travels at approximate- are very much in favour of the Now the purpose of the bar aircraft and against the balloon

ly 1,100 feet a second, and if Here they would be of im- you like to calculate what this The two Fascist dictators rage balloon is two-fold. It is. wire.

mense value.

means with an aeroplane travel- have met again and the usual

However, there is no question With powerful binoculars, they ling at 250 mp.h., at 30,000 feet, pastime of guessing why and carry out accurate dive-bombing that the balloon. wires have a would have a field of view which you will appreciate how difficult what resulted therefrom is in and to keep them at such a tremendous moral effect on or- would enable them to spot any it is to lay a gun on to an aero-

(although,

submarine, moving either on the plane with any device relying full swing. Opinions vary: The height that anti-aircraft gunfire dinary mon

more, the extraordinary man re- surface or with its periscope upon sound, even if it continues meeting was designed to set a can conveniently get at them. gards it only as another war above water, for, perhaps, a cir- to fly in a straight line at the date for the invasion of Britain:

cumference of twenty miles. It will be appreciated that if risk).

same height. A to discuss measures for con- the aircraft fly at very low

It is interesting to realise that

There is, of course, the objec- Furthermore, both our own tinuing the battle of the Medi- levels, anti-aircraft guns could in peace time the mere presence tion that a barrage balloon would and enemy pilots do their utmost terranean; to bewail between

not be trained fast enough to of balloons would keep all pilots give away the position of a con- to confuse and check-mate the enable them to follow the tar- at least 10 miles away from the Voy. But the smoke of a con- anti-aircraft automatic calcula themselves President Roose-

get.

vicinity unless the visibility was voy already does this.

ting devices. velt's speech. These and others

extraordinarily clear. the

Kept High popular theories,

If you imagine yourself to be The handling of a balloon in-...

a pilot flying at 80,000 feet, at although-just-what-it-matters- Barrage balloons are proba- open country in fair weather And in order that the sub-250 m.ph., and turning every anyhow is a little difficult to bly the most effective method of can only be done successfully by marine should spot the balloon it minute 30 degrees one way and trained and experienced person- has got to come to the surface, then 30 degrees back another understand. The meeting may protecting small targets of great nel, but in really bad weather, or, at any rate, projects its have been for example, simply a

value from surprise dive-bomb in confined places in large cities, periscope.

way, and then, perhaps, 45 de- grees one, way and 45 degrees Whitsun Parade for the purpose of gaining a bit of world-wide publicity, especially when it is remembered that Mussolini has been pushed rather severely in the background in consequence of his inept millitary campaigns of the past ten months.

are

Up And Up

Omnibus Methods

greater cording to size.

ing attacks, but I know that it is a task which requires not It is highly probable, there- back the other way, you will see they are not of any great value only training and experience, fore, that the balloon would spot how impossible you make it for in protecting large areas from but qualities of real resource the submarine first, if it were in the calculator operator. medium tacks..

or high bombing at and initiative,

movement. The line of foam In a high wind, a partially drawn by a submarine periscopo deflated balloon can behave like on the surface of the water is that I am sure the vast majority horse.

My reason for this belief is a bucking and bad-tempered very distinctive.

Particularly when you realise that a shell, to do any serious of enemy airmen have not suf-

As is generally known, we are harm to an aircraft has to burst ficient determination to

If it tears a fin, or is damaged now developing balloons which within 30 to 70 yards of it, ac- come in some way so as to put it out will go to a much down very low over our coun- of balance, its behaviour can be height. try.

indescribable, except perhaps by

Also, to burat that shell ac-

I believe it is only the excep- fashioned cab driver.

a well-educated sailor or old This idea will reduce the de- curately anywhere the gun has. termination of enemy pilots by to be laid exactly on the right tional men who are prepared to

The winch itself is a com- will be useful at night....

adding to their uncertainties. It spot and the time-fuse has to be do this because once they are

accurate to a very..small propor- down low they are very liable which requires skill and a high There are many other methods plicated plece of mechanism

tion of a second to be caught and shot down, standard of training to manipu- now under experiment for com-

This short discussion on the either by, our fighters or by ma- late, while regassing under cer- bating the night bomber. I am long range work is meant only anti-aircraft organisation for chine-gun fire from the ground. tain atmospheric conditions, can not free to discuss them yet to lilustrate the extreme difficul

The average man in an aero;

Most important point is that demonstrative parleys between Hitler and Mussolini no longer possess any particular signific- anco for Britain and her Allies Neither political nor military surprises are any longer on the cards. Or possibilities, there are many, but they can be, and surely are being, anticipated to the full; wherefore it is well to likes to remain as high above appreciate that (a) Britain is that country as he can, while more than ever prepared to meet carrying out the duty for which

he is detailed.

be dangerous.

But I can say that, in conjunc- ty of obtaining results important plane when' over enemy country, They Go To Sea tion with the balloons, and our enough to dissuade "the enemy

night fighters, and our anti-air- from attacking" usti The smoothness and efficiency craft, these should shortly make My remarks, of course, do not tion now runs, when the difficul- the enemy that he will, to a large down very low and fly over areas with which this great organisa- this country so unpleasant to

apply to aeroplanes which come and withstand an invasion, (b)

ties and possibilities of making extent, cease to visit us. that although the situation in

An objection is raised that if mistakes are evaluated, is most

protectd by light automatic or At present the anti-aircraft machine guns. the Mediterranean provides some you protect only the valuable remarkable.

organisation that we are build- anxiety consequent upon the fall targets, the balloons will give The balloons, which originally ing up in this country has to

Here the only safeguard of away their exact position, but were confined to land defence, suffer from one great defect. It the aeroplane against wall-armed of Greece and Crete, our military this is not really cogent, because have now taken to the sea. is static.i

fire by determined and highly- dispositions along the vital if there is any wind the balloon On the water

trained gun crews is surprise. they are used southern frontier of Syria have will trail a

That is to any, if you put & Finally, we can comfort our- a long way to leeward. not only from stationary barges gun down near London It is of been strengthened, while troops

to safeguard important chan- from Abyssinia are now avall rancan and the defence of Suez; mine laying--but In convoys, to

nels from magnetic and other no use to Manchester or Bir selves by the knowledge that

mingham.

our ómnibus methods of combat- ing attacks from the air have able for action elsewhere, (e) nevertheless Crete served a very guard against low bombing at- It is here that the fighter-or proved so effective, despite their that while engaged in full dress

important "and","highly useful

any aircraft utilising any system limitations, that we have strong- battles in the eastern Mediter purpose, it delayed the enemy In future it is quite conceive of combating the homber-por- ly discouraged the enemy from rangan and northern Africa, we and caused him pretty consider able that they may be used in cases such a great advantage in carrying out attacks by day over successfully dealt with a

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