Bernard Lovell

Echoes of War

The Story of H2S Radar

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a passionate first-hand account of the development of the Home Sweet Home (H2S) radar systems during World War II. It provides numerous personal insights into the scientific culture of wartime Britain and details the many personal sacrifices, setbacks, and eventual triumphs made by those actively involved. Sir Bernard Lovell led the group that developed the H2S radar system to identify towns and other targets at night or during heavy cloud cover. H2S was successful during the attack on Hamburg in January 1943 as well as the air war against U-boats in the Bay of Biscay.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780367403058
• ISBN-10: 0367403056
• Artikelnr.: 57783257

Autorenporträt

Lovell, Bernard

Inhaltsangabe

August 1939. Scone airport. St Athan.. Worth Matravers. Leeson House. AIS -
the first centimetre AI (AI Mk VII/Mk VIII). Lock-follow AI (AIF/AISF/Mk IX
AI). H^O2S - the background. The birth of H^O 2S - November 1st 1941.
Halifax V9977. Life in Swanage 1940-42 (by Joyce Lovell). The last days in
Swanage and the food queues of Great Malvern. The crash of the Halifax
bomber. The meeting with the Prime Minister. Bennett and Renwick. Autumn
1942. January-February 1943. Centimetre ASV and the U-boats. The impact of
the German NAXOS on centimetre ASV. H^O2S on Tank landing craft. The summer
of 1943, destruction of Hamburg. H^O2 S on 3 centimetres (X-band) - the
attacks on Berlin and Leipzig. H2S and the American 8th Bomber Command. The
problems with H^O2 S in Bomber Command. Fishpond. Conflict with Bomber
Command. The new versions of H^O2 S. July 1944. Naxos and H^O2S. D-Day.
H^O2S and the Army. The U-boat Schnorkel. The last months of the war. Envoi
-1991.