German observation and barrage balloons

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Re: German observation and barrage balloons

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Post by Sturm78 » 29 Apr 2015, 13:09

Thanks Arto O

Here, another image from EBay: barrage balloon

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Re: German observation and barrage balloons

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Post by Sturm78 » 24 Jul 2015, 10:34

Hi all,

An observation balloon:

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Re: German observation and barrage balloons

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 01 Aug 2015, 00:01

Here is another in Russia from ebay.de
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Re: German observation and barrage balloons

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Post by Sturm78 » 09 Sep 2015, 00:40

Hi all,

An image from EBay. According to photo caption this image was taken as late as Oct.1944 in Poland... 8O

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Re: German observation and barrage balloons

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 10 Sep 2015, 18:20

The sprayed on camouflage is a nice detail.

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Re: German observation and barrage balloons

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 30 Sep 2015, 07:23

Balloon and trailer.
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Re: German observation and barrage balloons

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Post by Sturm78 » 09 Oct 2015, 16:37

Hi all,

Another image of an observation balloon from EBay

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Re: German observation and barrage balloons

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 05 Mar 2016, 03:12

source: ebay.de
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Re: German observation and barrage balloons

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Post by Luftflotte2 » 09 Apr 2016, 01:29

source: ebay.de
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Post by Luftflotte2 » 09 Apr 2016, 01:29

source: ebay.de
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source: ebay.de
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Re: German observation and barrage balloons

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Post by Sturm78 » 17 Jun 2016, 13:21

Hi all,

An image from Ebay. Any idea ?? German, french ??

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Re: German observation and barrage balloons

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Post by Sturm78 » 13 Jul 2016, 10:56

Hi all,

An image from Ebay:

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German Artillerie Beobachter Ballon in Estland.jpg

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Re: German observation and barrage balloons

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Post by Sturm78 » 15 Jan 2017, 10:49

Hi all,

An image from Ebay:

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German Artillerie Beobachter balloon in Russland, 1941.jpg

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Re: German observation and barrage balloons

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Post by Prosper Vandenbroucke » 15 Jan 2017, 12:46

Here is an other one
Picture token in the Kortrijk (Courtrai) area in Belgium in may 1940.
The observation balloon belongs to the "Beobachstungsabteilung 18".
Th picture is exerp from Peter Taghon's book "Mai 1940 - la campagne des 18 jours" and is from Bundesarchiv 769/238/4
Sorry for my bad english
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