[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.com
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 12:50:23 -0400
To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Milsurplus] AAF radars

Hello 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 ?