RAF Balloon Command

Balloon Command
Active1 November 1938–February 1945
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Motto(s)Vi Et Ictu
(Latin: By Force and Impact).[1]
EngagementsWorld War II

Balloon Command was the Royal Air Force command which was responsible for controlling all the United Kingdom-based barrage balloon units during the Second World War.

  1. ^ Pine, L. G. (1983). A Dictionary of mottoes. London: Routledge & K. Paul. p. 250. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.