Reply to Mr Glojo in post 151 regarding turning off Radars when Vulcan approach
We only found out ( Us from the Army ) the existence of the Shrike capable of being launch by Vulcan after it hit for the first time our Skyguard .- Usualy we operated this way .- During the day the Air Force Radar was on duty to help guide our own Airplanes , the Army radar was also on duty to track British Planes during the day , and because we were able to see the ships when they approach the coast we remain on duty during the night until the last ship left the area ( 0330 aprox ) then turn off and back again on duty to try to catch the first Pac of the morning .- Having said this , the Air Force Radar with a range of 220 NM was ususally the first one to detect the presence of the Vulcan approaching and gave all of us the alert .- We turn off the Radar when Vulcan was detected and the Air Force Radar remain on , change Frecuencies and turn off and on to avoid getting engage .- When the Vulcan left the area , they let us know so we could come back on line .- Maybe besides seeing the Vulcan farther away than we did , they may have had other sources of info that alerted them of the Vulcan approaching , that I don't know .