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B

    • B Type Hut

      WW2 airfield support building

    • B&GS

      Bombing and Gunnery School

    • B1

      WW2 hangar type

    • BAA

      British Airports Authority (civil)

    • Baedeker raid

      Luftwaffe bombing attacks during 1942 against British cities deemed culturally and/or historically significant

    • Balloon Command

      RAF organisation (1938-1945)

    • Bar and Rod Tracking

      Type of metal runway

    • Barrage balloon

      Defensive balloon attached to ground by metal cables, intended to damage or deter enemy aircraft

    • Base Station

      WW2 more substantial Bomber Command airfield, administering Base Sub-Stations [qv] and carrying out more extensive maintenance/servicing of aircraft

    • Base Sub-Station

      WW2 somewhat less substantial and more austerity period Bomber Command airfield, independent but technically a satellite and under the overall administration of a Base Station [qv]

    • BAT Flight

      Blind (later Beam) Approach Training Flight

    • Battle HQ

      WW2 airfield defence control building

    • Battle of Britain

      World's greatest ever air campaign (10 July-31 October 1940)

    • Battle of Britain Day

      Peak of Battle of Britain [qv], also now annual commemoration

    • BC

      Bomber Command [qv]

    • BCF Hut

      WW2 airfield support building

    • BDTF

      Bomber Defence Training Flight

    • BEA

      British European Airways (civil airline)

    • Beam (approach)

      Type of aircraft landing system

    • Belfast (Truss)

      Colloquial name for General Service Shed (WW1 hangar type, named after wooden trusses supporting roof)

    • Bellman

      1930s/1940s hangar type

    • Bessonneau

      WW1 hangar type

    • BFTS

      Basic Flying Training School

    • BG

      Bomb/Bombardment Group (USAAF)

    • Blitz (The)

      Luftwaffe bombing attacks on British cities and towns (September 1940-May 1941)

    • BOAC

      British Overseas Airways Corporation (civil airline)

    • Bomb trolley

      Wheeled device to transport bombs and other weaponry devices to aircraft

    • Bomber Command

      RAF organisation (1936-1968)

    • Bomber support

      WW2 assistance to RAF heavy bombers through a mixture of electronic warfare and offensive night fighter operations

    • Braithwaite

      WW2 water tower type

    • Butler (Combat)

      WW2 American hangar type

    • BW

      Bomb/Bombardment Wing (USAAF/USAF)

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