Operation Manifest Destiny Ruminations

[TiggerCCW UK]

Originally Posted by natehale1971

During WW2 the british flew stationary bli@mps all throughout london to keep fighters from flying low to the ground.

Sorry Natehale, those weren't blimps, they were unmanned balloons called barrage balloons. They were used throughout the uk and even off the back of ships. Stormont, the Northern Ireland Assembly building, is near where I live, and along the sides of the driveway up to it you can still see some of the baseplates where barrage balloons were tethered.