Title
Interior of a British radar station of the "Chain Home",1939-40
Caption
Interior of a British radar station of the "Chain Home",1939-40.
Operations room with radar screens on the right, and tracing table of spotted targets on the left.
The radar stations with pylon-antennas of the "Chain Home" network, spread out, beginning in 1939-40, along the southeast and east coasts of England, contributed to victory in the Battle of Britain by ensuring the British fighter planes with sufficient warning for taking off and intercepting German aviation formations.
Date
1939
Credit line
Photo12/Collection Bernard Crochet
Reference
CRO01169_094
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
6,4Mb (382,9Kb) / 5,9in x 4,2in / 1780 x 1264 (300dpi)