Army's balloon barrage squadron

Title (Dublin Core): Army's balloon barrage squadron
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Airplanes and Zeppelins
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Title: Army's balloon barrage squadron
extracted text (Extract Text): CAPTIVE BALLOONS are being used

increasingly by the U.S. Army. At
Fort Lewis, Wash., soldiers of the 3rd Bar-
rage Balloon Squadron have been under-
going training for some time in the tech-
nique of handling gas bags which could be
used in wartime for spotting enemy posi-
tions, directing artillery fire, warning of
approaching enemy planes, and as obstacles
to attack on important areas. Because no
proper balloons were available when the
training program began, a blimp, with the
gondola removed and a basket hung in its
place below the envelope, was used to give
the troops practice in raising and lowering
balloons. For use as protection against air
attack, long steel cables could be hung
from the bags in place of the basket.
Language (Dublin Core): Eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1941-06
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Science Monthly, v. 138, n. 6, 1941
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 78
Rights (Dublin Core): Public domain
Source (Dublin Core): Google Books
Archived by (Dublin Core): Sami Akbiyik