On the 9th September 1935, Robert Watson Watt sent a memo to the Air Ministry proposing that a network of stations be established along the coast using the newly developed radar technology in order to give…

On the 3rd of September 1939, the Second World War broke out. It was decided that RAF Bawdsey, due to its coastal location, was vulnerable enemy attack and so it was at this time that the…

On the 1st September 1936, Robert Watson Watt was made the superintendent of the Radar Research Station at Bawdsey. Watson Watt, along with Arnold ‘Skip’ Wilkins and team pioneered the development of the radar technology that…

On the 17th August 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…

On the 15th August in 1940, the RAF repulsed numerous large Luftwaffe air raids on what has become known as ‘the Hardest Day’ of the battle of Britain. Radar stations like RAF Bawdsey and the aerial…

On the 12th August 1940, radar stations were attacked as the Battle of Britain raged. Although the radar station at Bawdsey was not targeted, the Luftwaffe attempted to blind the RAF by attacking sites such as…

On the 8th August 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 the 7th August 1940, German aircraft attacked RAF Bawdsey using bombs and machine guns. Damage was done to structures on the site. It was, perhaps, during this raid that the damage evident on the Transmitter…

On the 5th August1985, Arnold ‘Skip’ Wilkins died. Wilkins was instrumental in the development of radar, discussing the feasibility of the system of Robert Watson Watt and helping to prove the possibility of using radio waves…

On the 3rd August 1934, Squadron-Leader P. R. Burchall wrote an article in The Spectator lamenting the public’s response to the results of recent simulations of air attacks on London that involved over 350 aircraft. Official…