Maurice Steff - Kite Balloon Squad
Item
Title
Maurice Steff - Kite Balloon Squad
Who?
Maurice Steff - great uncle of contributor
Item(s)
Various letters sent to brother. Passed to contributor by her mother.
Story
Deployed at/to Jutland and was commissioned to the Kite Balloon Squadron in the Aegean and Mediterranean sea. He would go up in a hot air balloon which was tethered to a boat to spot mines. He was up in a hot air balloon when he heard the news of the end of the war.
When?
1914-18
Where?
Mediterranean
Contributor
Celia Bean
Collection Day
South West Roadshow, Plymouth
This item was submitted on June 3, 2019