 | Building Radar: Forging Britain's Early-warning Chain,1939-45 by Colin Dobinson
How Chain Home was built and developed, not the fleeting references in most RAF histories.
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 | Watching the Skies: History of Ground Radar for the Defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force from 1946 to 1975 by Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
Buy used from: £21.60 It's a bit technical but a worthy addition to the subject nevertheless.
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 | A View of Air Defence Planning in the Control and Reporting System 1949-1964: Rotor - Ahead - Linesman/Mediator by R.H.G. Martin
Buy used from: £25.00 A thinner and more readable history of early Rotor development.
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| Ground Radar Systems of the Luftwaffe 1939-1945 (Schiffer Military History Book) by Werner Muller
Buy new: £7.95 / Used from: £6.25 Something often neglected also, the German contribution to the subject.
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 | Most Secret War (Wordsworth Military Library) by R.V. Jones
Buy used from: £4.51 RV Jones's bio of radar development and other WW2 gadgetry.
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 | RDF 1 - The detection of aircraft by radio methods 1935-1945: The Location of Aircraft by Radar Methods 1935-1945 by Michael Bragg
Buy used from: £30.00 Another good history of Chain Home's development and construction.
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| Radar: A Wartime Miracle (Aviation) by Colin Latham
Buy used from: £11.93 This history focusses more on the personal stories of the Scopies who manned Chain Home.
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 | Britain's Shield: Radar and the Defeat of the Luftwaffe by David Zimmerman
Buy used from: £12.00 Focussing more on the Battle of Britain but excellent nevertheless.
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 | A Radar History of World War II: Technical and Military Imperatives by L Brown
Buy new: £37.99 / Used from: £54.82 Covering everything and all theatres of WW2, a good read for radar enthusiasts.
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| Defence of the Nation by Michael Dewar
Buy used from: £0.22 Out of print, my copy is second-hand but a good overview of Civil Defence in the 80s and early 90s.
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 | Pioneers of Radar by Colin Latham
Buy used from: £13.99 A great book on the actual development and testing done by TRE.
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 | Searching in the Dark: The Story of a Radar Operator from 1942-1946 by Peggy L. Butler
Buy new: £10.99 / Used from: £6.63 Memoirs of a WAAF radar operator.
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 | The Invention That Changed the World by Robert Buderi
Buy used from: £0.21 American perspective of radar development during WW2.
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| Sky Guardians: Britain's Air Defence, 1918-93 by Michael J. Gething
Buy used from: £0.88 A prime example of a so called history of Air Defence that barely manages to mention Ground Radar!
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