October 2024
Juliet Quilter
Juliet Quilter 1965 – 2024 Trustee, volunteer, friend. Juliet was a direct descendent of Cuthbert Quilter, who built Bawdsey Manor. The Manor played a significant role in the early development of radar and Juliet played a…
October 2024
On this Day – 9th October
On the 9th October 1944, a V2 rocket exploded off the coast of Bawdsey. The radar station at RAF Bawdsey played an important role in defending against these incoming missiles. A monitoring system codenamed ‘Oswald’ was…
October 2024
On This Day – 9th October
On the 9th October 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…
October 2024
Gift Aid Awareness Day – 3rd October
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September 2024
On This Day – 1937
On the 24th September 1937, RAF Bawdsey became the first fully operational RDF site in Great Britain, forming the first link of the chain of radar stations known as Chain Home. This network of radar stations…
September 2024
On this Day – 1935
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…
September 2024
On this Day – 1939
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…
September 2024
On this Day – 1936
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…
August 2024
On This Day – 1937
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…
August 2024
On This Day – 1940
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…