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Dowding system
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The Dowding system was the world's first wide-area ground-controlled interception network, controlling the airspace across the United Kingdom from northern Scotland to the southern coast of England. I
This illustration shows the Dowding reporting chain for a highlighted Sector. ROC reports flow back through the Sector controls to FCHQ; it does not show the radars, which were still officially secret when this was published. Information then flows back from FCHQ to Group, between groups, and down to Sectors, and then to the defences.
This illustration shows the Dowding reporting chain for a highlighted Sector. ROC reports flow back through the Sector controls to FCHQ; it does not s
Chain Home coverage 1939–1940 extended over the entire British/Channel area and some of France.
Chain Home coverage 1939–1940 extended over the entire British/Channel area and some of France.
Dowding's support for radar was matched by his understanding that radar alone was not a panacea.
Dowding's support for radar was matched by his understanding that radar alone was not a panacea.
Patrick Blackett's work on the Dowding system would form the basis of the field of mathematics known as operations research.
Patrick Blackett's work on the Dowding system would form the basis of the field of mathematics known as operations research.
Chain Home
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Chain Home, or CH for short, was the codename for the ring of coastal early warning radar stations built by the Royal Air Force before and during the Second World War to detect and track aircraft. Ini
Chain Home at RAF Poling, West Sussex
Chain Home at RAF Poling, West Sussex
Robert Watson-Watt's position with the National Physical Laboratory placed him at the centre of a network of researchers whose knowledge of radio phys
Robert Watson-Watt's position with the National Physical Laboratory placed him at the centre of a network of researchers whose knowledge of radio physics was instrumental to the rapid development of radar.
Stanley Baldwin's 1932 comments on future aerial warfare led to a "feeling of defencelessness and dismay." It was the UK's concern about this issue th
Stanley Baldwin's 1932 comments on future aerial warfare led to a "feeling of defencelessness and dismay." It was the UK's concern about this issue that led to so much support being given to radar development while other countries had a much more lackadaisical approach until the war started.
A 1925 radio magazine photograph of Grindell-Matthews' death ray
A 1925 radio magazine photograph of Grindell-Matthews' death ray