‘Echoes of Bawdsey – The Story of Radar’ Podcast Series 1

Series 1

The first episode of the podcast series ‘Echoes of Bawdsey – The Story of Radar’ is now available.  Titled The Bomber Will Always Gets Through, you will hear how sound interceptors were used in the search for Zeppelins at the end of the First World War.

Episode 1

Episode 2 Chain Home – The Daventry Experiment had proved that enemy aircraft could be detected at a distance using radio waves, but the scientists needed a new home to continue their research.

Episode 2

Episode 3 Eyes in the sky – By 1937 work was well underway to develop ground radar but what advances were being made in the search for a workable airborne radar system?

We hear about the world’s first airborne radar flight, which took place at Martlesham Heath in Suffolk and Bawdsey Manor becomes a RAF training school.

Episode 3