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395: 633: 209: 30: 54: 71: 644:, McIntyre disposed two-thirds of his HAA guns in the forward area on ground shoots, the rest at landing grounds as far back as Foggia, and he rotated batteries between the tasks. There were still some vicious air attacks: in one action 88th HAA Rgt was dive-bombed and 15 men killed while the guns fought back with a mixture of predicted and gun-control shoots. For 'Operation Kishan', carried out by 283: 537:(RAF) tactical wing to which they were allocated. The 11-day battle to break through the Axis lines opened on 23 October, and after the break-out the airfields at Gambut and El Adem were quickly secured, 12 AA Bde's units following close behind. By January, 88th HAA Rgt with 281 and 283 HAA Btys, was at 521:
position, 12 AA Bde under Brigadier Percy Calvert-Jones fell back in a series of rearguard actions at landing grounds, in the course of which it concentrated a sizeable body of troops. Eighth Army gave Calvert-Jones two infantry brigades and 'Calforce' held defensive positions at 10 landing-grounds,
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began in March 1943, 12 AA Bde was once again conducting forward airfield defence, covering nine forward landing-grounds, all within 20 miles (32 km) of enemy positions. Typically, an airfield was given one HAA and two LAA batteries, sited to engage tanks as well as aircraft. 88th HAA Regiment
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guns were termed Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) to distinguish them from the new Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) units being formed. The Royal Artillery's historian suggests that 88th AA Rgt was still being equipped with 3.7-inch guns in London during the summer of 1940. In July the regiment was assigned to
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In June 1939 a partial mobilisation of TA units was begun in a process known as 'couverture', whereby each AA unit did a month's tour of duty in rotation to man selected AA gun positions. On 24 August, ahead of the declaration of war, AA Command was fully mobilised at its war stations. On the
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began on 26 May, and Rommel's Axis forces quickly broke into the British position. As 12 AA Bde fell back from the advanced landing grounds in a series of defensive deployments, its guns joined the garrisons of the boxes. When
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sited four-gun Troops beyond the ends of the runway, with arcs of fire facing outwards, those in the centre having full AA instruments. If the airfield was considered especially vulnerable to enemy ground attack, an inner '
711: 533:, 88th HAA Rgt (with 16 3.7-inch guns) was still under 12 AA Bde. As before, its role in the forthcoming offensive was to defend the Desert Air Force's airfields, with batteries working under the command of the 197: 193: 569:, for instance, RHQ 88th HAA Regiment, with one HAA and three LAA batteries, entered the town two hours after its capture'. 12 AA Brigade ended its 1,500 miles (2,400 km) advance from El Alemein at Gabès, 1347: 730: 652:
and 88th HAA Rgts deployed 44 guns and fired 9881 rounds in bombardment and harassing fire in one week. When the Adriatic coast campaign began moving again in May 1944, 2 AA Bde moved up with
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was broken, 12 Aa Bde took over new airfields and also coastal ports. The regimental historian records that 't became a point of honour for AA batteries to be among the first in; at
310:(Site I), where another GL radar set was installed. Site N was then handed over to 220 HAA Bty of 85th HAA Rgt, reducing 283 HAA Bty's manning commitment to the normal eight guns. 1357: 729:
This amalgamated regiment lasted until the disbandment of AA Command on 10 March 1955 when there were wholesale mergers among TA units and 453/488 HAA Rgt was merged into
1352: 545:(68th HAA Rgt was captured at Tobruk; 276 HAA Bty escaped having been detached to 12th AA Bde), was brought up from reserve to defend the captured supply ports on the 542: 621:. 2 Aa Brigade's commander, Brigadier Murray McIntyre, was an enthusiast for using the versatile 3.7-inch HAA guns for ground support tasks. The crossing of the 941:
Order of Battle of the Field Force in the United Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional Units), 25 March 1941, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/5.
505:. Although the box was isolated by Axis troops, it held out, with the HAA guns in two-gun detachments engaging tanks, vehicles and guns at close range with 439: 276: 272: 264: 231: 474: 419: 355:
were particularly valuable targets in the area and suffered repeated attacks. Heavy raids also passed over the area on the way to other targets, such as
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was formed on 1 April 1939 and consisted of Regiment Headquarters (RHQ) and 281st, 282nd and 283rd AA Batteries, based at City House, South Africa Road,
875: 645: 1240: 327:) in the autumn of 1940 the intensity of these raids increased, with the industrial towns of South Wales coming in for particular attention. 455: 411: 227: 1309: 1295: 1277: 1258: 1224: 854: 169: 133: 74: 684: 598: 1173: 1159: 664: 298:, (Site E), and by the end of the month the battery was manning Site E and eight 3.7-inch guns (four mobile and four static) at 459: 157: 118: 1209: 683:. As the Allied advance continued, however, the AA commitment round Rome could be reduced, and 88th HAA Rgt moved again, to 498: 447: 874:'Reorganisation of 5th AA Division', 13 July 1940, in 37th (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Searchlight Regiment War Diary, 434:, which had come under increasing air attack during the previous month. By the autumn the regiment was deployed in the 168:
In the late 1930s the need for improved anti-aircraft (AA) defences for Britain's cities became apparent, and when the
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rivers at the end of November was an opportunity for this, involving long artillery fire programmes for the HAA guns.
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Stepping Forward London: A Tribute to the Volunteer Military Reservists and Supporting Auxiliaries of Greater London
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providing its own artillery support from AA guns sited for ground tasks. Calforce remained in position during the
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and Shallufa area, with 283 HAA Bty detached to Alexandria. However, in October the regiment was switched to
632: 614: 423: 454:). The first phase of that operation began in November. Over succeeding weeks 88th HAA Rgt cooperated with 561:' was formed between the runways with HAA guns in two-gun positions interlaced with Bofors guns. Once the 153: 114: 618: 295: 181: 294:, (Site F) by the end of August. At the beginning of September four of these mobile guns were moved to 617:. On 27 October 2 AA Bde moved forward to a fresh set of landing-grounds and a railhead in support of 510: 1202:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941
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There were almost nightly nuisance air raids over South Wales and the Severn Estuary during the
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Before the Blitz was over, 88th HAA Rgt was rostered for overseas service, and it joined the
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When the TA was reconstituted on 1 January 1947, the regiment was reformed at White City as
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3.7-inch gun of 2 AA Bde bombarding enemy positions on the Gothic Line, 2 September 1944.
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coast. 276 HAA Battery was formally regimented with 88th HAA Rgt from 3 September 1943.
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protecting airfields and field gun positions, and in July it reached the port of
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After a few moves, 283 HAA Bty with its eight 3.7-inch guns was stationed at
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History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1914–55
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campaigns, fighting in both the anti-aircraft (AA) and ground fire roles.
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The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
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The first phase of 'Crusader' lasted until January 1942, when General
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27th LAA Rgt War Diary, August–December 1941, TNA file WO 169/1637.
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was heavily bombed on the nights of 19/20 and 20/21 February 1941.
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Routledge, pp. 155–7; Table XXIII, p. 161; Table XXIV, pp. 162–3.
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During the winter of 1943–44, when Eighth Army faced the German
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and travelled across to reinforce 2 AA Bde around the port of
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45 AA Bde War Diary May–December 1940, TNA file WO 166/2285.
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and was not withdrawn from the front line until September.
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107 LAA Bty War Diary January–May 1942, TNA file 169/4937.
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was given up, eight 3.7-inch guns of 88th HAA Rgt joined
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488th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
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488th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
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on 14 November, which was engaged by the Newport guns.
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and taking over responsibility for the defence of the
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Heavy anti-aircraft regiments of the Royal Artillery
714:(the former 53rd (CoL) AA Rgt that had provided the 1235:. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press. 317:, with some engagements for the guns, but when the 226:outbreak of war the new 88th AA Rgt formed part of 106: 96: 88: 80: 65: 47: 39: 20: 1282:Maj-Gen I.S.O. Playfair & Brig C.J.C. Molony, 710:On 15 July 1950 the regiment was amalgamated with 371:suffered major raids from November to April 1941, 200:; 53rd (CoL) AA Rgt was also based at White City. 1343:Military units and formations established in 1939 814:'Drill Hall Register' at Stepping Forward London. 671:, the brigade's guns were deployed to defend the 271:, where it came under the operational command of 136:(TA) from 1939 until amalgamated in 1950. During 1134: 1132: 1130: 485:the following month, together with 282 HAA Bty. 458:, and 107th LAA Bty of that regiment armed with 242:On 1 June 1940 those AA regiments equipped with 1219:, Vol II, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984, 577:, remaining in action for AA defence after the 469:counter-attacked. Eighth Army fell back to the 398:A 3.7-inch HAA gun in the Western Desert, 1941. 755: 753: 751: 749: 747: 745: 132:was a volunteer air defence unit of Britain's 1233:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945 1217:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978 589:88th HAA Regiment did not participate in the 462:was attached to 88th HAA during that period. 323:turned to night bombing of Britain's cities ( 8: 1358:Military units and formations in Hammersmith 1288:The Destruction of the Axis forces in Africa 1099: 1097: 855:AA Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files 775: 773: 771: 769: 767: 765: 267:. However, 283 HAA Bty took up positions at 1120: 1118: 34:Cap Badge of the Royal Artillery (pre-1953) 1087: 1085: 888: 886: 884: 691:, San Stefano and, from October 1944, for 687:. This brigade took on responsibility for 581:ended with Axis surrender on 13 May 1943. 28: 1174:444–473 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on. 1169: 1167: 1160:474–519 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on. 1155: 1153: 994: 992: 450:'s new offensive in the Western Desert ( 426:, responsible for defending the port of 1353:Military units and formations in London 809: 807: 741: 1052:Playfair & Molony, Vol IV, p. 237. 795: 793: 791: 789: 787: 785: 17: 1192:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957. 529:When Eighth Army reorganised for the 410:on 23 July 1941 under the command of 255:, which was being reformed after the 212:Mobile 3.7-inch HAA gun preserved at 7: 1253:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992, 1025:Playfair, Vol III, pp. 223–5, 254–5. 720:453/488 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment 663:At Ancona, 2 AA Bde was relieved by 172:(TA) was doubled in size after the 1103:Routledge, Table XLVII, pp. 296–7. 650:84th (Middlesex, London Transport) 14: 176:a crash programme of raising new 876:The National Archives (TNA), Kew 69: 52: 1323:British Army units from 1945 on 1124:Routledge, Table XLIV, p. 293. 1079:Routledge, Table XLII, p. 267. 968:Routledge, Table XXII, p. 143. 286:9 AA Division's formation sign 1: 910:Routledge, Table LXV, p. 396. 198:54th (City of London) AA Rgts 845:Routledge, Table LX, p. 378. 718:for 88th AA Rgt in 1939) as 712:453 (City of London) HAA Rgt 543:68th (North Midland) HAA Rgt 499:29th Indian Infantry Brigade 531:Second Battle of El Alamein 335:in the harbours and in the 214:Imperial War Museum Duxford 186:88th Anti-Aircraft Regiment 1374: 1138:Frederick, pp. 1015, 1018. 524:First Battle of El Alamein 331:aircraft attempted to lay 152:and then took part in the 1264:Maj-Gen I.S.O. Playfair, 836:Routledge, pp. 65–6, 371. 591:Allied invasion of Sicily 554:Battle of the Mareth Line 541:, while 276 HAA Bty from 375:during January 1941, and 341:Bristol Aeroplane Company 302:, (Site N). Site E had a 43:1 April 1939–15 July 1950 27: 1249:Norman E.H. Litchfield, 1112:Routledge, pp. 286, 289. 759:Frederick, pp. 756, 777. 349:Gloster Aircraft Company 228:26th (London) AA Brigade 1231:Joslen, H. F. (2003) . 920:Collier, Chapter XVIII. 615:Foggia Airfield Complex 424:British Troops in Egypt 402:The regiment landed at 386:Reserve in April 1941. 1070:Routledge, pp. 159–60. 931:Collier, Appendix XXX. 779:Litchfield, pp. 164–7. 637: 399: 287: 217: 115:North African Campaign 1300:Brig N.W. 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Index


United Kingdom

Territorial Army
White City, London
The Blitz
North African Campaign
Italian Campaign
Territorial Army
World War II
South Wales
Severn Valley
the Blitz
North African
Italian
Territorial Army
Munich Crisis
Royal Artillery
Anti-Aircraft Command
White City, London
53rd
54th (City of London) AA Rgts

Imperial War Museum Duxford
26th (London) AA Brigade
1st AA Division
3-inch
3.7-inch
5 AA Brigade
Dunkirk Evacuation

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