Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. Putting the Indian sign on Axis dive bombers and strafing planes. This barrage balloon, under control of a Marine unit in training at Parris Island, South Carolina is part of a plane trap that protects important ground installations. Planes cannot come close to a number of these balloons swaying in tactical formation, with steel cables trailing, without the danger of shearing off wings
Summary
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/01/1942
Contributors
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office for Emergency Management.
Location
Parris Island (historical), 32.32806, -80.69148
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain