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Old 20-02-06, 04:25
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Default Re: Barrage Balloon Tender

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Originally posted by cliff
found this while browsing the AWM last night. Not sure if they were RAF vehicles though.

Taken in Plymouth England

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Cliff

Those vehicles were called Winch Lorries and they were operated by WAAFS so they must be RAF. It took a crew of 16 WAAFs to man?handle each barrage balloon. Here's a pic of some WAAFs in a balloon hangar with a winch lorry in the background
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