![]() A broad beam of radio pulses was transmitted, ‘floodlighting’ a vast area. Unlike modern radars, CH aerials did not rotate. The question then remains, was it radar or the failure of Göring to appreciate its importance that led to the British victory? Nevertheless, the presence of radar did remove the need for continuous air patrols, giving breathing space to exhausted air crew. Another problem was that signals could be misinterpreted resulting in inaccurate information on enemy aircraft height and strength being supplied to the British fighter pilots occasionally placing them in dangerous situations. It was then left to the Observer Corps to watch the skies and continue the plotting of enemy aircraft formations. A major weakness was that once German bombers crossed the coastline they were unsighted by radar – the CH stations faced out to sea and the CHL stations signals were affected by returns from the land surface. Göring’s inability to grasp the vital role radar played in British air defence enabled the RAF to retain the advantage in the air.ĭespite its success, the Chain Home system did have drawbacks. Initially German bombers targeted radar and sector stations but by August 1940 Göring, believing these attacks ineffective, decided to concentrate on the bombing of British cities. Reichsmarschall Hermann Wilhelm Göring, 15 August 1940ĪCM Dowding, unlike Hermann Göring, recognised the importance of radar and its integration into an overall air strategy. “It is doubtful whether there is any point in continuing attacks on radar sites, in view of the fact that not one of those attacked so far has been put out of action.” “I think we can say that the Battle of Britain might never have been won… if it were not for the radar chain” An Enduring Relationship : A History of Friendship between the Royal Air Force and the Royal Air Force of Oman.Sir Alan Cobham A Life of a Pioneering Aviator.Never Forgotten: The RAF in the Far East.Battle of Britain Aircrew 31 Aug to 6 Sep.Battle of Britain Groundcrew 7 to 13 September.Enter the RAF Museum Green Aviation Challenge.Spitfire Family Run – Design your medal!.2022 Museum Annual Conference: Meaning, Memory, and the (Mis-)Remembered Past.VJ75: Geography and Rediscovered Stories. ![]() Virtual Lecture: Together through it all – The importance of camaraderie to airmen in RAF Bomber Command.Virtual Lecture – “It’s a rum life”: Physical Space and Morale Amongst Royal Flying Corps Scout Pilots.Virtual Lecture – Why did the West overestimate Russian military capabilities and why does this matter?.Virtual Lecture – The Numbers Game: How the RAF Revolutionized Military Planning and (Maybe) Saved the World.New exhibition: Falklands Conflict to today.RAF Museum Midlands Development Programme.The First World War in the Air 1914-1918.RAF Stories: The First 100 Years 1918-2018.
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