On this Day – 1985

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 to detect aircraft in the 1935 Daventry Experiment. He went on to assist in the development of Chain Home and Identification Friend or Foe at RAF Bawdsey.