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An observation balloon is a type of balloon that is employed as an aerial platform for gathering intelligence and spotting artillery. The use of observation balloons began during the French Revolutionary Wars , reaching their zenith during World War I , and they continue in limited use today.
Caquot kite balloon (in French Caquot Captif) was a type of non-rigid military observation balloon, designed in 1915 by Albert Caquot.The type became widely used by Allied forces in World War I warfare for multiple observation or naval defence uses and later also as a anti-aircraft barrage balloon.
Hangars from the U.S. Army's Ross Field Balloon School, 1922 Caquot Type R Observation balloon at USAF Museum. At the start of World War I, the organization of the Air Service of the American Expeditionary Force included observation balloon units organized into companies, squadrons, and wings and each company was equipped with one balloon. Five ...
This type of parachute was first adopted by the Germans and then later by the British and French for their observation balloon crews. [21] Observation balloons began to be used at sea for anti-submarine purposes towards the end of World War I. [22] The idiom "The balloon's going up!" as an expression for impending battle is derived from the ...
Caquot dirigible Gondola of Caquot Type R Observation Balloon at the USAF Museum. In 1914, he designed a new sausage-shaped dirigible equipped with three air-filled lobes spaced evenly around the tail as stabilizers. He moved the inner air balloonette from the rear to the underside of the nose, separate from the main gas envelope.
British observation balloon 13 16 April 1917 1700 hours Observation balloon 6th Section, 15th Company, 4th Balloon Wing Étricourt-Manancourt, France British observation balloon 14 22 April 1917 0930 hours Observation balloon 33rd Section, 11th Company, 3rd Balloon Wing Arras, France British observation balloon Unconfirmed 22 April 1917
Otto Brauneck (27 February 1896 – 26 July 1917) was a German World War I flying ace credited with ten confirmed and five unconfirmed aerial victories. Originally assigned to fly on the Macedonian Front to support Germany's ally, the Ottoman Empire, between September 1916 and April 1917 Brauneck shot down four enemy observation balloons and three aircraft, with a further five claims going ...
At Fort Bragg, the unit was redesignated the 2nd Balloon Squadron on 1 October 1933, and equipped with C-6 observation balloons in 1938. [1] It supported activities of the Coast Artillery Barrage Balloon Training Center at Camp Davis , North Carolina, 1940-41. [ 8 ]