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17 minutes
Engels
Verenigde Staten
12 afleveringen
sinds 10 juli 2020
episodic

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While the operational side of Bawdsey drew to a close in 1991, interest in the site was far from over and thanks to a group of dedicated volunteers the old, damp block became the award winning museum that you see today. In this final episode we look into the story of the volunteers and the rebirth …

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The Cold War

Following the Second World War there was hope that the fighting was over, but within two years the world held its breath as two superpowers battled it out in a 40 year cold war. This episode is a roundup of events and how the Cold War affected the use of Bawdsey’s radar in this time and includes th…
Following the end of the Second World War there was still a need for Britain to maintain high levels of military manpower in some parts of the world. The British government concluded that to meet these needs effectively they would need to use National Service during peacetime and in 1947 Parliament…
In the first series Dr Phil Judkins explored the role of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force in radar during the Second World War. In this episode we take a look into the upcoming Women on the Front Line exhibition at Bawdsey Radar and a closer look into the women of the WAAF. If you worked at Bawds…
In podcast 8 of this series, we look at a completely different theme. Here Phil describes how you can investigate the roles that your parents, or relatives undertook in the services in World War 2. For a small fee you can apply for the information on a named relative by accessing Government website…

Women in the WAAF

In this podcast, the 7th in the series, Phil describes the essential contribution to Britain's radar defences by the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, the WAAFs, where, In just 18 months before the Battle of Britain began, hundreds of WAAFs were trained, often at the Radar School at Bawdsey, to operate …

Three Late Arrivals

In the sixth podcast of the series we look at the contributions of three inspiring university scientists, who arrived later in the story, but nevertheless led important areas of radar research and development - John Cockcroft, 'Ben' Lewis and Bernard Lovell. If you worked at Bawdsey or know some…
In the 5th podcast in this series, Phil describes the less well-known contribution to radar development by the War Office scientists who worked on Army radar projects at Bawdsey from 1936 onwards. If you worked at Bawdsey or know someone that did we would love to hear from you. You can contact u…

The Key Scientists

The fourth podcast in our series mentions some of the people who played an essential part in radar development at Bawdsey, in particular some of the members of Taffy Bowen's airborne radar team. If you worked at Bawdsey or know someone that did we would love to hear from you. You can contact us …
The third podcast in the series is concerned with some of the movers and shakers in the radar story, from engineers and scientists, Air Marshalls and politicians, including a certain Prime Minister, and his adviser. We will learn about the egos, rivalries and power struggles in the story of radar …
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