TRAINING FOR BALLOON BARRAGE.—It is surprising the number of jobs a balloon operator may be called upon to do. All the knots and bends known to a Boy Scout, fabric sewing, splicing, knowledge of stresses and the properties And uses of hydrogen are taught during a four weeks’ course. The recruits then proceed to operational balloon sites where they learn to handle the “pigs,” as they are seen doing in this training hangar.
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Evening Star, Issue 23833, 13 March 1941, Page 2
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73TRAINING FOR BALLOON BARRAGE.—It is surprising the number of jobs a balloon operator may be called upon to do. All the knots and bends known to a Boy Scout, fabric sewing, splicing, knowledge of stresses and the properties And uses of hydrogen are taught during a four weeks’ course. The recruits then proceed to operational balloon sites where they learn to handle the “pigs,” as they are seen doing in this training hangar. Evening Star, Issue 23833, 13 March 1941, Page 2
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