[Milsurplus] Robert Watson-Watt

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

Price has several books available, all are excellent. Instruments of
Darkness sheds light (pun?) on the many "beams" used by all sides like
Knickebein, Gee, X-Gerat and many others. Pathfinders, night fighters -
great reading.

Another Radar book I'd add to the list is "Radar: A Wartime Miracle" by
Latham & Stobbs. In addition to covering the earliest developments like
CHL, they include the other, later WWII sets as well. IIRC, their book
includes numerous firsthand accounts from the actual operators.

~ Todd/KAQ

On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 10:28 AM <k2cby at optonline.net> wrote:

> There are three books that should be on the shelf of anyone interested in
> the early years of British radar, blind-bombing, and counter-measures.
>
> R. V. Jones “The Wizard War”, already mentioned, is top notch, although it
> relates more to radio navigation and bombing (both British and German) than
> radar.
>
> Robert Watson-Watt’s own book is titled “The Pulse of Radar.” It deals
> exclusively with radar and is comprehensive, although Watson-Watt is not as
> entertaining a writer as Jones.
>
> The third is “Instruments of Darkness” by Alfred Price. It covers both
> radar and radio-nav and continues the tale from the earliest developments
> to the Vietnam era.
>
> Good reading all!
>
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