Below are some useful links that we hope you may find interesting.  If you have any suggestions to add to this list, please do contact us.

Bawdsey Radar Leaflet

We have now produced a leaflet about Bawdsey and our group. You can download a PDF version of it here.

The Group has also produced a short booklet entitled Bawdsey and the Development of Radar. It is available from Bawdsey Radar Group for £2.00 plus postage. You can contact us here to obtain this booklet.

Bawdsey Radar Presentation

We have created a PowerPoint Presentation entitled "Bawdsey Yesterday and Today".

For a timed-presentation please click here to download.
For a non-timed version please click here.

You will need Microsoft PowerPoint or PowerPoint viewer available here. In the File Download dialog box, do one of the following:

To start the installation immediately, click Open or Run this program from its current location. To copy the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save or Save this program to disk.

AGM & Oral History Report 2008 - click here

AGM November 2007 - click here

Oral History Report 2007 - click here

AGM November 2006 - click here

AGM November 2005 - click here

ii) The Spies Who Lost the Battle of Britain – The story of British radar and how the Germans nearly discovered it

On the brink of the Second World War, the huge Graf Zeppelin airship crossed the North Sea on a daring spy mission. What happened in the next 24 hours was to decide the outcome of the Battle of Britain. This new documentary tells the story of the frantic race to develop British radar and how the Germans sent a team of top wireless expects to uncover its secrets. With exclusive interviews, reconstructions and expert analysis, we reveal the truth behind the spy mission that changed the course of history. To see more and view clips please visit www.boffinstv.co.uk

iii) First in the Field: A DVD of the very successful play, First in the Field – the Secrets of Radar by Suzanne Hawkes, is now available for £10 (including p&p).

For your copy please send a cheque for £10 payable to ‘Bawdsey Radar Trust’ to
The Treasurer
Bawdsey Radar Trust
1 Whitehouse Cottage
Gulphur Road
Felixstowe
Suffolk
IP11 9RJ

Books

i) Echoes and Reflections

A recently published book by Keith Wood, a Bawdsey Boffin. Part of the book is about Keith's experiences at Bawdsey as a member of the Airborne Radar Team. In 1937 he flew on the first airborne radar test flight. ISBN 1843941007 Price: ?13.95.

ii) The Birth of British Radar: The Memoirs of Arnold 'Skip' Wilkins (Edited by Colin Latham and Anne Stobbs) ISBN 0953716627

Arnold Wilkins was actively involved in the British radar programme from its very inception in 1935. Working under Watson-Watt, it was he who proposed using radio waves, bounced back from an enemy aircraft, to detect its position.

Initially working entirely alone, he constructed prototype equipment which he used in the famous Daventry experiment conducted in a field near Weeden, Northants, on 26 February 1935. The success of this led to the establishment of the R&D group at Bawdsey Manor with its team of talented scientists, engineers and technicians.

Wilkins then played a key role in the establishment of the Chain Home Radar system for detection of enemy aircraft crossing the English Channel. The book is Wilkins's personal account of these historical events, written in 1977 a few years before his death and has never before been published.

110 pp, with 23 photographs and diagrams. Price is ?10 plus ?1.50 by post (UK).

Copies are available from Speedwell, 4 Mapledene, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7DQ, Please send: Name, Address, Tel no and number of copies required together with a cheque made payable to 'Speedwell'

Thank you to the following for permission to reproduce materials on this website.