[Milsurplus] AAF radars

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

AN/MPN-1 GCA was used in Berlin during Airlift,
but I don't know when they came on line.
 
I was only 7 when WW II ended, but ran into
an MPN-1 in 1961 while I was in Navigator
School at Harlingen AFB, TX.  MARS station
somehow got one that was rumored to have
been used in the Airlift.  We MARS members
got to strip it and take what we wanted.
 
A chunk of RG-9 coax that I got is still in
my old 1964 Mustang as far as I know.
 
Mac - K2GKK/5
Oklahoma City
USAF, Retired
 
 
From: SHAEF1944Returns at aol.comDate: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 12:50:23 -0400To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.netSubject: [Milsurplus] AAF radarsHello Folks.  Anybody know if air bases in England during WWII used fixed, American-made radars ?  Odd question, but I've never seen anything like one of the fixed radar antennas on any pics of airbases.  Did they rely for this on the British radar system in place ?  Only radar I have actually seen pics of at any combat airfield was the SCR-268 or SCR-584 gunlaying radars for the AA guns.  Also, would it have been guys attached to Signal Corp who operated all radar, excepting the airborne sets, or did Arty or AAF personnel operate the ground units for airfields ?**************************************See what's new at http://www.aol.com 
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