Radar Collection

Ufos / Ciampino / Italy
The sighting of this striking UFO by military personnel at Ciampino, one of Romes airports, is confirmed by radar

The Magnetron Valve by G. H. Davis
A set of diagrams demonstrating what a magnetron valve is, and why it is of such importance to radar. The magnetron valve was used in the Second World War to give Allied forces superior radars,

Vickers Wellington GR Mk. XIV MP714
Royal Air Force - Vickers Wellington GR Mk. XIV MP714. Seen fitted with chin-mounted ASV Mk. III radar, retractable Leigh Light in the Ventral turret position and RP-3 (from Rocket Projectile 3 inch)

United states Navy - Grumman F7F-2D Tigercat 80335
United States Navy - Grumman F7F-2D Tigercat 80335 of VU-3 at Miramar NAS. Built as an F7F-2N, the majority of the -2Ns, including 80335

The Sinking of the the Scharnhorst at the Battle of North
Illustration showing the German Battlecruiser Scharnhorst listing to starboard as she sank at the end of the Battle of North Cape, approximately 7.30pm on 26th December 1943

Royal Air Force de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk. XV high-altitude fighter. This is an example of the rare NF Mk. XV with the extended wing-span wings, pressurised cockpit, 70 series Merlin engines

Magnetron Valve - Britain's Great Contribution to Radar. Date: 1946

Hawker Siddeley HS. 748 Srs. 107
Royal Aircraft Establishment - Hawker Siddeley HS.748 Srs.107 XW750 (msn 1559, ex G-ASJT), seen carrying the CLARA pod under the fuselage, (CLARA - CO2 LAser RAdar) Date: circa 2000

Avro 696 Shackleton MR. 1 VP254
Royal Air Force - Avro 696 Shackleton MR.1 VP254, the first production aircraft, seen in storage with radar and armament removed, at RAF Langar, awaiting attention at the Avro factory on site

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Vigilant and ready to fight to defend our Country'. Date: circa mid-1970s

Rare Chernikeeff submerged radar log C662R4, maker's plate to the front no. 27806. 15 inches

Lockheed HC-130B Hercules 1346
United States Coast Guard - Lockheed HC-130B Hercules 1346 Elizabeth City (msn 282-3638, ex USAF 61-2081), undergoing maintenance on a Side-ways Looking Airborne Radar. Date: circa 1985

Lockheed C-130D Hercules 57-0493
United States Air Force (USAF) - Lockheed C-130D-LM Hercules 57-0493 (msn 182-3200), of the New York Air National Guard, at RAF Greenham Common for the international Air Tattoo on 23 June 1979

Douglas C-54P 50851 (msn 10428, ex 42-72323). Used for radar tests at NATC Patuxent River, MD. under designation R5D-2-2. Had two pods mounted under each outer wing

Lockheed C-130D-LM Hercules 57-0494
United States Air Force (USAF) - Lockheed C-130D-LM Hercules 57-0494 (msn 182-3201), at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for storage and disposal

Lockheed EC-121T 52-3418
United States Air Force - Lockheed EC-121T 52-3418 (msn 1049A-4336, Model 1049A-55-86), at the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center, Davis-Monthan AFB

Grumman OV-1D Mohawk 62-5886
United States Army - Grumman OV-1D Mohawk 62-5886 (msn 45B), fitted with the Side-Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR) and enlarged wings, at the Bournemouth Air Show on 18 August 1984

Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF. 14
Royal Radar Establishment - Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF.14 WS838, at RAF Leuchars on 21 April 1970. Date: 1970

Hawker Siddeley HS. 125-600B ZF130
Royal Navy - Hawker Siddeley HS.125-600B ZF130 (msn 256059), of 899 Naval Air Squadron, operated as a Blue Vixen pulse-doppler radar training-development aid, for Sea Harrier FA.2 pilots

Hawker Siddeley HS. 125-3B VH-ECF
Hawker Siddeley HS.125-3B VH-ECF (msn 25069), prior to delivery to Qantas (Queensland and Northern Territories Air Service), with Short SC.9 XH132

United States Navy Reserve trainees working on a Grumman F9F
United States Navy Reserve trainees, carrying out procedures on the 20mm cannon and AN/APR-30 gun ranging radar of a Grumman F9F, at Naval Air Station Columbus, in Ohio, on 7 February 1955. Date: 1955

English Electric Canberra B. 2 WJ814 M
Royal Air Force - English Electric Canberra B.2 WJ814 M, of No.98 Squadron, based at RAF Cottesmore, used for radar calibration of the United Kingdom Air Defence Ground Environment. Date: circa 1970

Hawker Siddeley HS. 125 series 3 VH-ECF
Hawker Siddeley HS.125 series 3 VH-ECF (msn 25069), prior to delivery to Qantas (Queensland and Northern Territories Air Service), with Short SC.9 XH132

Alenia G. 222RM MM62141 - 14-22
Aeronautica Militare Italiano - Alenia G.222RM MM62141 - 14-22 (msn 4076), of 14 Stormo, at Pratica di Mare Air Base. (RM - Radiomisure - radio - radar - nav-aid calibration)

Alenia G. 222RM MM62140 - 14-21
Aeronautica Militare Italiano - Alenia G.222RM MM62140 - 14-21 (msn 4069), of 14 Stormo, at Pratica di Mare Air Base. (RM - Radiomisure - radio - radar - nav-aid calibration)

Piaggio-Douglas PD. 808RM MM62017
Aeronautica Militare - Piaggio-Douglas PD.808RM MM62017 (msn 524), of 14 Stormo, at RAF Cottesmore for the Royal International Air Tattoo in July 2000

Lockheed Martin RQ-3 DarkStar A/V number 3, on display in the Great Gallery of the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington. Date: circa 2005

Douglas EA-3B Skywarrior N574HA (MSN 12406, ex BuAer 146454), flown by Hughes and Raytheon for radar /avionics / missile development along with at least 13 others

Aviation legere de l'armee de Terre - Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II 0010 / ABN (msn F4060010), at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 21 to 15 July 2006

Dassault MD. 312 Flamant F-AZAI (msn 228), w/o at Issoire 05/09/1999 Date: circa 1988
Dassault MD.312 Flamant F-AZAI (msn 228), w/o at Issoire 05/09/1999 Date: circa 1988

Sud-Aviaton SO. 4050 Vautour IIN 348 - F-AZHP
Sud-Aviaton SO.4050 Vautour IIN 348 / F-AZHP (msn 348), operated by CEV (Centre d'Essais en Vol) for radar and missile trials. Date: circa 1995

Piaggio-Douglas PD. 808RM MM62016
Aeronautica Militare - Piaggio-Douglas PD.808RM MM62016 (msn 523), of 14 Stormo (RM - Radiomisure - radio / radar / nav-aid calibration). (Aeronautica Militare - Italian Air Force) Date: circa 2000

English Electric Canberra E. 15 WH964 4
Royal Air Force - English Electric Canberra E.15 WH964 4 (msn SH1689), of No. 98 Squadron, at RAF Cottesmore. The Canberra E.15s were conversions from B.15 reconnaissance-bombers

English Electric Canberra B. 2 WV787
Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment - English Electric Canberra B.2 WV787 (msn 71644), water-spray tanker for icing tests

1980 SBAC Farnborough Airshow: - Tornado and Jaguar
Unloading and arranging the replica display weapons in front of SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1A XX979 (fitted with an experimental radar in a replacement nose) and Panavia Tornado P.03 XX947

48 Royal Marine Cdo & Civil Victims Memorial, St Aubin
The 48th were part of No 4 Special Service Brigade whose task was to clear St Aubin and coastal villages to the east, and following that were to take on the radar station on the high ground at

Common pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Vespertilio pipistrellus). Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library

Wurzberg radar antenna Douvres Radar Station
This is just outside the Museum which is based in two well preserved bunkers and charts the evolution of radar. The dish, a Wurzberg-Reise, was removed after the war, renovated and returned here

Luftwaffe Radar Station Bunkers Douvres Normandy
This was not only a radar station but as it was on high ground it was a major defensive position with bunkers, barbed wire and minefields. The bunkers are often hidden by crops

United States Navy - McDonnell F2H-2N Banshee 123307 (msn 170, unit code NA:, call-sign 95) of VC-4. The F2H-2N was a single-seat night-fighter with an AN-APS-19 radar in the nose

United States Air Force - Boeing RB-50F Superfortress 47-159 (msn 15843), built as a B-50B-60-BO, 47-159 was modified for reconnaissance with navigational radar, cameras and ElINT equipment

Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight 124610 (msn 7481 {El Segundo}), at Friendship Airport in Baltimore. Used by Westinghouse to test the AN/APQ-72 radar, for the McDonnell F4H-1 Phantom II

Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter Mk. IF V8341
Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IF V8341, on take-off with the undercarriage retracting. Visible on the leading edges outboard of the engines are the receive antennae of the AI Mk.IV airborne

Royal Air Force Fairey Swordfish III (Searchlight), fitted with a searchlight under the starboard wing for night attacks and ASV radar between the undercarriage legs. - 12th November, 1943. Date: 1943

Royal Air Force Consolidated Liberator GR Mk. III (Special R
Royal Air Force Consolidated Liberator GR Mk.III (Special R.P.). The use of rockets against submarines got mixed reactions from the aircrew

de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk. XV high-altitude fighter. This is an example of the rare NF Mk. XV with the extended wing-span wings, pressurised cockpit, 70 series Merlin engines, nose AI Mk

Sir Henry Thomas Tizard (1885a'1959) - English chemist, inventor and Rector of Imperial College
Sir Henry Thomas Tizard (1885-1959) - English chemist, inventor and Rector of Imperial College, who developed the octane rating to classify petrol, helped develop radar in World War II

Avro 696 Shackleton AEW-2
Avro 716 Shackleton Aew.2 Wr963 Raf

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