Dimensions
130 x 200 x 10mm
During the 1930s the popular press were carrying stories of
a death ray that could disable aircraft, and it became such
a popular notion that an investigation was carried out by a
government scientist, Robert Watson-Watt. His discovery was
that it was not that electro-magnetic waves could interfere
with aircraft, but that aircraft could interfere with radio
transmissions. The strategic importance of this was
appreciated and a secret establishment was set up to develop
a means of using radio transmissions to detect the approach
of enemy aircraft - the birth of radar. As World War II
broke out Ian Goult joined this elite group of scientists -
aged only sixteen - as a lab assistant, working on GEE, a
navigational aid allowing accurate location of targets. Its
success allowed Bomber command to effectively navigate as
far as the Ruhr. In Secret Location, Goult describes taking
part in work on radar and microwave techniques that gave
Britain supremacy in the air, and greatly improved submarine
detection during the Battle of the Atlantic, saving
thousands of tons of materiel and many lives.
