Radar Days

by Bowen, Emrys George

• ISBN13: 9780852745908
• ISBN10: 0852745907
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1987-10-01
• Publisher: Inst of Physics Pub Inc

Summary

Radar Days It is now more than fifty years since radar began in Britain. In the intervening years airborne radar has become one of the most important branches of civilian and military radar. Dr 'Taffy' Bowen has been called 'the father of airborne radar' and in this book Radar Days he has told a personal story of how the first airborne radars were built and how they were brought into use in the Royal Air Force. The book is written from the point of view of the individuals who worked at the laboratory bench; beginning with the building of the first British air-warning radar at Orfordness in June 1935, the story goes on to describe how this equipment was miniaturised to make it suitable for use in aircraft. It describes the lengthy and sometimes hazardous flight trials which took place before radar went into service with the RAF.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. xiii
The Beginning of Radar in Britain	p. 1
The Early Development of Airborne Radar	p. 30
Sea Search and Tales of 'D' Flight	p. 47
Air-Interception Trials in Battles and Blenheims	p. 65
The Outbreak of War and the Move from Bawdsey	p. 83
Air to Surface Vessel Radar Against Ships and Submarines	p. 98
Introduction of Air-Interception Radar into Service	p. 117
The Move from St Athan to Swanage	p. 135
The Transition from Metre to Centimetre Waves	p. 141
The Tizard Mission to the USA and Canada	p. 150
The Resonant Magnetron and the Bell Laboratory	p. 164
Formation of the Radiation Laboratory	p. 171
Postscript	p. 196
Appendices	p. 209
List of Abbreviations	p. 218
Bibliography	p. 220
Index	p. 223
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