Historical place archive

Bawdsey in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Bawdsey in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

5 records5 event labels4 people1936–1937

Historical events in Bawdsey

1936

1936
Airborne Interception Radar
Edward George Bowen · Technology

Works on fitting radar equipment into aircraft.

1936
Bawdsey Research
A. P. Rowe · Technology

Helps organise radar research and later the Telecommunications Research Establishment.

1936
Bawdsey Research Station
Robert Watson-Watt · Technology

Radar research moves to Bawdsey for full-scale development.

1937

1937
Chain Home Development
Arnold Wilkins · Technology

Helps refine radar equipment for coastal early warning.

1937
Chain Home Trial
Robert Watson-Watt · Technology

Chain Home stations are tested as an early-warning network.

Provenance

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