Kite Balloon Collection

On the Somme: Sausage balloons, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400438 On the Somme: Sausage balloons, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone

British kite balloon, 2 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British kite balloon, 2 May 1918. A Royal Air Force Caquot kite balloon about to ascend with air mechanics holding the ropes, Gosnay, France, May 2, 1918, during World War I

From a Kite Balloon, Roehampton, 1917 (oil on canvasboard)
475232 From a Kite Balloon, Roehampton, 1917 (oil on canvasboard) by Lavery, John (1856-1941); 25.5x35.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Irish, out of copyright

German Artillery practising at a Kite Balloon with the New Quick-Firing Gun (litho)
1606879 German Artillery practising at a Kite Balloon with the New Quick-Firing Gun (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A barrage balloon is a large unmanned tethered kite balloon used to defend ground targets during the Second World War. (Picture)

Royal Field Artillery Kite Balloons Were The Eyes of Our Guns in France, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: The observers were highly trained men

Observer of a kite-balloon testing the telephone before ascending, France, World War I, 1916. During the Somme Offensive of July-November 1916

Canadian official cinematographer and assistant ready to ascend in a kite balloon, c1917 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

Cricket in Eltham, Kent. A barrage balloon can be seen in the background. 1939

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