Does anybody know if Croydon was involved in anyway with radar experiments?
Leica, if you recall, up in the control tower at Croydon is the radio room, which was behind some glass. Normally you just get to look through but when Dr A showed us lot round, because we supposedly know what we are doing (
) it was unlocked and we had a good look at the kit. I recall him saying that the original valve "electronics" could still be started up, that they do that very occasionally, and some of the radio kit in there I got the impression was pre-war, still serviceable when the airport closed in 1960.
Radar pre-war required substantial masts, not the little scanner spinning round of nowadays, but one of the recipients of any information would have been Croydon. Cluetts' book "Croydon Airport the Great Days 1928-39" may have a mention, he covered pretty much every happening. Somebody here (Treadders ?) must have it to hand - mine's archived somewhere up in the loft.