Radar Collection (page 2)

Messerschmitt Bf 110G -this type gained a second life coming into its own as a radar equipped night fighter

Ufo over Brussels
Triangle-shaped UFO sighted over the outskirts of Brussels and seen on radar by two F16 jets of the Belgian airforce

Duke of Kent on a lifeboat at Newlyn harbour, Cornwall
The Duke of Kent in Newlyn harbour, Cornwall, for the naming of the new Penlee lifeboat, the Mabel Alice, on 18 July 1983. 1983

Map showing distant early warning line for defence
Distant early warning line (DEW line) of all-round radar defence. A map of North America, showing the various systems and devices of Conad

Interior- R hut at the Dunkirk, Kent, Chain Home radar sta
Interior of the receiver or R hut at the Dunkirk, Kent, Chain Home radar station in 1940. In the centre are the observer and the converter. Date: 1940

British Radar Installation, Second World War, 1945
Photograph showing a Fighter Direction Aerial system radar installation in Britain, during the Second World War, c.1945. On the right of the image a technician can be seen climbing the stairs into

Blowing up old radar station, Beachy Head, Sussex
Blowing up an old radar station at Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex. In 1950 an underground Air Ministry Radio Station was constructed on the cliff top at Beachy Head

Defence against the deadly long-range missiles 1958
Illustration by George Horace Davis, showing some ideas for missile interception, based on radar, computers, satellite and missile rockets in the future, and the continuing need for manned aircraft

Ufos / Nova Scotia
A fishing crew off Nova Scotia report strange lights, which seem to match radar signals picked up at the same time Date: 4 October 1967

Northrop P-61A -the first US type to be specifically designed as a radar-carrying night fighter

Bristol 156 Beaufighter IF entered service in September 1940, with many later fitted with radar to serve as night fighters

Bristol 142M Blenheim IF trio (running-up), Singapore, April 1941 These Far East-based Blenhiem fighters did not carry radar

Bristol 142M Blenheim IF-in an effort to counter the German Blitz on England of 1940-41, a number of Blenheim Is were converted to radar-carrying night fighters

Boulton Paul Defiant NFII - after its initial mauling at the hand of Luftwaffe fighters, the Defiant became a night fighter when fitted with AI 4 radar

Military radar in wartime by G. H. Davis
Military radar: how this vital secret weapon helped the Allied land forces to achieve final victory during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Use of radar in the war at sea by G. H. Davis
Radar in the war at sea: some ways in which the Royal Navy used this weapon during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Use of radar in the air war by G. H. Davis
Radar: how the most important secret weapon of offence and defence was applied to the air war. Its vital contribution to all the fighting services during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Radar warning and control system by G. H. Davis
A powerful new aid for the navy: the radar warning and control system installed in HMS Victorious. Date: 1958

The Plan Position Indicator System by G. H. Davis
A diagram showing the system developed as part of British radar sets, first demonstrated in the Thames Estuary. The system gives a picture of obstructions in the vicinity

de Havilland DH106 Comet 4 XW626 (formerly G-APDS)
de Havilland DH106 Comet 4, XW626 (formerly G-APDS), after conversion to test the radar for the AEW Nimrod

English Electric Canberra third prototype VN828
English Electric Canberra third prototype, VN828, after modification to incorporate a B(I)8 cockpit and a nose radome incorporating AIMk18 radar

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Boeing RB-50B 47-134 later modified to RB-50F
Boeing RB-50B, 47-134, later modified to RB-50F standard with the addition of SHORAN navigational radar for special missions

Boulton Paul Defiant IA at the factory showing the array of radar aerials

Accessibility of radar on the Tornado aircraft
Accessibility of radar on the Tornado and forward equipment bay

Radar Tower
The Radar Tower and Mast at Gladstone Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Date: 1960s

Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt(1892-1973), inventor of radar. Date: 1941

Radar Foreseen
Radar foreseen - in the 1920s ! Date: 1928

a Searchlight Battery
SLC radar equipment on an anti-aircraft searchlight battery on the Home Front in England during World War II in 1945

Naval officer checks the radar
A naval officer uses his arms to shield the screen while he checks the radar. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

British Radar Station, Second World War, c. 1945
Photograph showing a Chain Home Low radar station on the coast of Britain, during the Second World War, c.1945

Radar navigation at a glance- a new device
Diagrammatic illustration of radar navigation. This was designed by the Admiralty Research Lab (mainly by Mr.J. Home Dickson)

Anti-Atomic Radar
Giant Radar Installations for Defence against Atomic Attack

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