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Contributor Name & Bawdsey Connection |
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Russell Barnard (Expert on Bawdsey and Felixstowe) |
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Photo from newspaper of Albert Aldiss in his bus in
April 1970 |
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Bill Curtis Radar operator 1942-1945 |
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Bill Curtiss in Leeds University Air Squadron Group
photograph in 1942 |
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Brenda Smith WRAF at Bawdsey 1953-1955 |
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Brenda Smith (middle row second from left) in group
photograph 1954 |
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David Harrison National Service at Bawdsey 1951 |
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Radar Bulletin for 60 Group, 1945 Souvenir Edition –
Front Page |
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David Harrison National Service at Bawdsey 1951 |
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David Harrison and Jack Myatt 1950s |
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Gwen Reading nee Arnold Chain Home Radar operator at
Bawdsey 1943-1945 |
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Photo from Gwen Arnold’s book of her war-time memories.
The photo is one of several which appear in "RDFI" by
Michael Bragg (Hawking Publishing, 2002). The
people on it are as follows :-
Sgt K. Sperring, WAAFs Joan Lancaster, Elaine Miley,
Gwen Arnold,
Joyce Hollyoak, and Section Officer Peggy Wright. |
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Jean Williams Radar instructor during WW2 |
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Jean Williams and her brother - 1942 |
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John Dugmore WW2 Radar operator |
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John Dugmore ‘guarding’ a shot-down Heinkel (5th
from right) |
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Joyce Curtis WW2 Radar operator |
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Joyce Curtis (wearing ‘sparks’ badge) |
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Mrs Neale (from Bruce Neale’s collection) Husband
worked on early Chain Home radars |
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Photo of inside of ‘Ops’ room in 1944. Supplied by Mrs
Bruce Neale, photo from her late husband’s collection |
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Mrs Neale (from Bruce Neale’s collection) Husband
worked on early Chain Home radars |
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A Chain Home transmitter mast unusually showing the
transmitter antennas |
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Olivia Davies Radar operator at Bawdsey 1943 to 1945 |
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Photo of Olivia Davies, war-time radar operator at
Bawdsey |
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Reg Mann Radar fitter at Bawdsey 1946-1947 |
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Reg Mann at 17 years & bottom left |
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Reg Mann Radar fitter at Bawdsey 1946-1947 |
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War-time poster (telling people to keep gas-mask with
them) |
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Reg Mann Radar fitter at Bawdsey 1946-1947 |
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War-time poster (advert. For Home Defence Battalions) |
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Reg Mann Radar fitter at Bawdsey 1946-1947 |
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War-time poster (every day more planes – every day
more pilots) |
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Robert Jones Radar mechanic at Bawdsey 1943-1944 |
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Copy of 1924 O.S map with markings of radar towers and
buildings as seen in 1943 by Bob Jones |
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Roy Simons Responsible for installation of Rotor at
Bawdsey 1952-1953 |
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Plan of the 2 floors of the underground bunker for the
Rotor system |
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Russell Smith National Service at Bawdsey 1953-1955 |
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Third from right & unconventional photo of the defence of the Realm |
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Theodora Middleditch Scullery Maid at Bawdsey from
1943 |
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Photo of Charlie Brinkley loaned to us by Theodora
Middleditch (his daughter) |
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David Robertson (Shout and Whisper Project
2006-2007) |
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Photo of Chain Home Transmitter block in 2007 |
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David Robertson (Shout and Whisper Project
2006-2007) |
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Photo inside the transmitter block (power
distribution) |
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Hilda Pearson Radar operator at Bawdsey in 1943 |
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Tom Watkins, Trained at Bawsdey in 1946 |
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Photo of people on Radar Supervisors course outside
Bawdsey Manor 1946. |
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Bernard Blakemore at Bawdsey from 1939 to 1940 on
Chain Home and Chain Home Low transmitters |
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60 Group at Technical Squadron Leader's Conference
April 1942
Left to right (photo above)
Squadron Leaders 1) Not known, 2) N. Best, 3) Cheese,
4) Kier, 5) Andrews,
6) Tinker, 7) Scott-Taggart, 8) Thwaites, 9) Lennie,
10 Mummery
11) Bray, 12) Blakemore, 13) E. Drew, 14) Wing
Commander Orr-Ewing, 15) Wing Commander Philip H Dorte,
16) Squadron Leaders 16) Walker, 17) R Enticnap, 18)
R. Cole, 19) Harker, 20) Lacey
Thanks to Bernard Blakemore for supplying this
photograph and the list of names.
If anyone on the photograph would like to contact us
please see the "Opening Times
and Contact" page. |
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John Moss – memories of National Service 1950 to 1952 |
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The accommodation block seen from a 240ft tower (John
Moss C1951). |
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John Moss – memories of National Service 1950 to 1952 |
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John Moss - Christmas 1950. Father Christmas played by
the Adj. |
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John Moss – memories of National Service 1950 to 1952 |
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The RAF Bawdsey Theatre Club Choir photo – John Moss
(C1951). |
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John Moss – memories of National Service 1950 to 1952 |
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Some of the boys of Room 29 – Back row
(L-R) Derek Page, Johnny Going, Jack Thompson, Jim
Kelleher, Doug Cobb, Front row (L-R) Ernie Ring and
Den Giles (photo John Moss C1951). |
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John Moss – memories of National Service 1950 to 1952 |
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L-R ‘Jock’ McNally, ‘Ginger’ Smith, Fred Foster and
Jim Kelleher, on the cliffs, June 1951 (photo John
Moss). |
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John Moss – memories of National Service 1950 to 1952 |
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L-R Ernie Ring, Jim Kelleher, Derek
Page, Jack Thompson, Johnny Going and Ron Heathwaite,
with Pete Fenwick’s car (photo John Moss C1951) |
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John Moss – memories of National Service 1950 to 1952 |
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From the top – Ernie Ring, Jack
Thompson, Ron Heathwaite, Johnny Going, Derek Page and
John Moss (C1951). |
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John Moss – memories of National Service 1950 to 1952 |
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Bawdsey Theatre Club’s cast from the
production of Ways and Means presented at the 3rd
Felixstowe Drama Festival, October 1951 (photo John
Moss). |
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John Moss – memories of National Service 1950 to 1952 |
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John Moss (C 1951). |
