Introduction
Throughout this History there are references to a variety of sources, some printed in books or journals, some from DVDs and others as hypertext links to on-line resources. These are collected together on this page.
Bibliography
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1946
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Marconi 1939-1945: A War Record - George Godwin - Chatto & Windus
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| 1948 |
One Story of Radar - A.P.Rowe - Cambridge University Press |
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| 1957 |
Three Steps to Victory - Robert Watson-Watt - Odhams |
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1960
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Air Traffic Control - C.D.Colchester - Marconi Review
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| 1965 |
Tizard - Ronald W. Clark - 1965 - Methuen |
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| 1966 |
Introduction to Radar and Radar Techniques - Denis Taylor - Newnes |
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1967
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Radar Ornithology - Eric Eastwood - Methuen
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1967
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Instruments of Darkness - Alfred Price – Macdonald & Janes ; 2005re - Greenhill
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1970
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The History of the Marconi Company - W.J.Baker – Methuen
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1970
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Anatomy of a Merger: History of G. E. C., A. E. I. and English Electric - Oliver Marriott, Robert Jones - Jonathon Cape
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| 1976 |
Radar: new techniques and applications - Eric Eastwood - Proc.RS |
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1978
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Most Secret War - R.V.Jones – Hamish Hamilton
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1985
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Understanding Radar - H.W.Cole - Collins ; 2nd ed 1992 - Blackwell
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1986
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Technical history of the beginnings of radar - Seán S. Swords – IEE (Peregrinus)
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1988
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RDF1 The Location of Aircraft by Radio Methods 1935-1945 - Michael Bragg – Hawkhead
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| 1988 |
A Race on the Edge of Time - David Fisher - McGraw Hill |
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| 1989 |
An ABC...of Radar - Colin Latham - MRSL |
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| 1990 |
The Narrow Margin - Derek Wood and Derek Dempster - 1990 - Tri-Service Press |
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| 1991 |
Messenger Gods of Battle - the story of electronics in war - Tony Devereux - Brassey's |
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1993
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Watching The Skies - Jack Gough – HMSO
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Review by Colin Latham
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1996
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Radar A Wartime Miracle - Colin Latham and Anne Stobbs – Sutton
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1996
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RADAR - How it all Began - Jim Brown – Janus
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The part played by Metropolitan Vickers
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1998
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The Invention That Changed the World - Robert Buderi – Abacus
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1999
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Pioneers of Radar - Colin Latham and Anne Stobbs – Sutton
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1999
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A Radar History of World War II: Technical and Military Imperatives - Louis Brown – Taylor & Francis
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| 2000 |
The Battle of Britain - John Ray - Cassell |
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| 2002 |
RDF 1 - Michael Bragg - Hawkshead |
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2003
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Tuxedo Park - Jennet Conant – Simon & Schuster.
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| 2004 |
Radar Developments in The Netherlands - multiple authors - European Microwave Week |
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2006
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The Birth of British Radar: The Memoirs of Arnold 'Skip' Wilkins - Colin Latham and Anne Stobbs – Speedwell ; 2nd. ed 2011 - RSGB
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2007
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The History of Air Intercept (AI) Radar and the British Night-Fighter 1935-1959 - Ian White – Pen & Sword
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2007
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Radar Origins Worldwide: History of Its Evolution in 13 Nations Through World War II - Raymond C. Watson – Trafford
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| 2008 |
Making vision into power - Phil Judkin thesis |
Available here |
| 2009 |
A.M.E.S. 24 - The Pylons at Great Bromley - Julian Foynes |
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2010
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Britain's Shield: Radar and the Defeat of the Luftwaffe - David Zimmerman – Amberley
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2010
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Building Radar: Forging Britain's Early-warning Chain, 1939-45 - Colin Dobinson – Methuen
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2010
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Most Secret - The Hidden History of Orford Ness - Paddy Heazell – History Press
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2011
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Shout and Whisper: a collection of reminiscences of people who were at Bawdsey - Dr David Heath
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| 2011 |
Dowding of Fighter Command - Vincent Orange - Grub Street
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| 2011 |
Air Defence - A History of United Kingdom Air Defence in the 20th Century
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here |
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2000
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Sweeping Circles in the Sky – a history of SAAF military radar – by Tom Cockbain
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Available from here
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2011
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Marconi's New Street Works – Tim Wander - Authors Online
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Available from here
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2012
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CH Radar
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This blog consists mainly of critiques of several well-known books with some fascinating comments
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Company Publications
Other Articles
An unattributed company paper (circa1958)
An article by Sir Robert Watson-Watt in "Nature" September 1945
Daventry Calling the World - includes a reference to the "experiment" and other navigation aids
Sir Eric Eastwoods Inaugural Address as President of the IEE
A Brief History of No. 60 (Signals) Group
Wireless World issues just post-war - scroll through each to comprehensive articles on how "radio-location/radar" was developed - 1. 2. 3. 4 and a pic.
A review of UK Radar from the eighties with Marconi authorship
DVDs
The Spies Who Lost the Battle of Britain - Boffins TV
RAF at War: Find the Enemy, Strike the Enemy - Simply HE
School for Secrets - Two Cities Films [Editors note - see this description]
The Secret War - based on R.V.Jones book
Links to Other Websites
Air Ministry Publications (APs)
Colin Hinson of the RAF Signals Museum at Henlow has provided these links to full copies of relevant Air Ministry Publications (see this page):
De-classified Air Publications in pdf format (all machine searchable):
- Signal Processing 2
● Later version of the No Break Trigger: Original document and modernised version.
Computer References
A list of links to useful computer reference sites can be found at this page.
Acronyms and Abbreviations
ATC Abbreviations
The world of Air Traffic Control is replete with acronyms. This list of ATC acronyms was compiled by Ian Gillis; it achieved iconic status and was often the subject of humorous banter with John Lancaster. The acronyms were not just TLAs (Three-Letter Abbreviations) but extended to six or more. Ian tells us his favourite acronym was "MAESTRO" with seven letters - it is a French-developed software system for sequencing landing aircraft and is distinguished by having both English and French versions of the full phrase.
See http://www.naviair.dk/EN-ATM/MAESTRO
The list was last updated in 1998 but may be of use in decoding contemporary acronyms.
MOD Acronyms and Abbreviations
This official list comprises some 373 pages for use by contractors. The date is unknown, but again it may be of use to decode older documents.
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