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Re: German use of Barrage Balloons
Hello!
Don't know about German cities, but barrage balloons were used for the protection of the shale oil factory at Kiviõli (Kivioli/Kiviöli), Estonia. Mentioned in a report by the Finnish liaison officer in Lfl 1, 1944. Plus confirmed by an Estonian (in a dicussion forum recently!) who served as flakhelper there - every balloon seems to be taken care of one AAA battery or so.
I am pretty sure there was more German(held) objects protected by the balloon barracks.
Cheers,
Kari
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