AI Mark IV radar
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Radar, Aircraft Interception, Mark IV, also produced in the USA as SCR-540, was the world's first operational air-to-air radar system. Early Mk. III units appeared in July 1940 on converted Bristol Bl
Group Captain "Paddy" Green achieved most of his 11 confirmed kills in this Mk. IV-equipped Beaufighter.
Bowen's first 6.7 m set broadcast from the Red Tower to the White Tower, both visible on the left side of this image of Bawdsey Manor.
The ungainly Heyford holds title to two important firsts in radar history; it was the first aircraft to be detected by radar, and the first to carry a radar system.
Avro Anson K8758, as seen from K6260. K6260 carried the radar unit while K8758 acted as a target.
Bristol Beaufighter
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The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter is a British multi-role aircraft developed during the Second World War by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. It was originally conceived as a heavy fighter variant of the
AI Mark IV radar
…Mk. III units appeared in July 1940 on converted Bristol Blenheim light bombers, while the definitive Mk. IV reached widespread availability on the Bristol Beaufighter heavy fighter by early 1941. On the Beaufighter, the Mk. IV arguably played a role in ending the Blitz, the Luftwaffe's night bombing campaign of late…
An RAAF Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IC in 1944
Bristol Beauforts in flight
Cockpit of a Beaufighter Mk.IF
Ground crew loading ammunition for the cannon of an RAF Beaufighter Mk.VI night fighter