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Old 27th August 2008, 21:54
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Re: German & Allied radar

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Originally Posted by PeterVerney View Post
Thanks Bruce for an excellent summary of the technical situation.
I think where the British had the beating of the Germans in the field, was in the command and control system, because we were definitely behind technically until the 10cm magnetron was developed. The command and control system used the CH and other reports intelligently and was able to put the fighters where they were needed, with some exceptions. The Germans of course were far too regimental and did not really get their act together until Kammhuber got organised.
Hello Peter,
For reference, the RAF set up the worlds first Filtering Room at Bawdsey Manor in August 1937: it was initially an experiment, but it's value was soon recognised and it continued in use at Bawdsey until moving to Bentley Priory in 1938, by which time there were five CH stations on 24 hour duty.

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