On this day in 1936, Robert Watson Watt became Superintendent of the Bawdsey Radar Research Station. It was here that Watson Watt, along with his team, developed the radar technology that proved vital in the Battle…

A two day event – ‘Radar in the Air’ held at BT Adastral Park, Martlesham and the Bawdsey Radar Museum recently was well attended. Talks were given on the aspects of radar development for use in…

On this day in 1937, airborne radar was tested for the first time off the coast of Bawdsey. This equipment, developed at RAF Bawdsey, was packed into an Avro Anson aircraft and turned on over the…

Black & White Productions in association with Bawdsey Radar Trust and supported by Victory 80 VE/VJ Grants funded by Museum Development South East (MDSE) ANNOUNCE A NEW TOUR OF OPERATION:RADAR  written by Suzanne Hawkes We are…

On this day in 1934, Sir Frederick Lindemann wrote a letter to The Times, suggesting that there was currently ‘no means of preventing hostile bombers from depositing their loads of explosives, incendiary materials, gases or bacteria…

On this day in 1935, aircraft from RAF Martlesham Heath was detected by the experimental radar station on Orford Ness at a distance of 40 miles during a test, with the response received by ‘the Islanders’…

On this day in 1959, the Duchess of Gloucester unveiled a plaque in the Bawdsey officers’ mess, at Bawdsey Manor, commemorating the pioneering scientists who worked to develop the radar technology that proved so vital in…

Bawdsey Radar were delighted to be joined by a group of BT apprentices who had produced a video showing the inside and outside of Bawdsey Manor. They had used Artificial Intelligence (AI) to animate pictures of…

On this day in 1944, Operation Overlord commenced, with thousands of Allied soldiers landing on the Normandy coast. Radar, and technology used to jam it, played a decisive role in the landings. Developed by Joan Curran,…

It’s an opportunity to say a public thank you to all volunteers. A ‘Thank you’ is not enough to encompass what Bawdsey Radar Museum owes its volunteer team. Volunteers are the heart of this museum and…