Sir Robert Watson-Watt KCB FRS FRAeS
(1892-1973)
Commemorated on 3 plaques
In the year 1936 at Bawdsey Manor Robert Watson-Watt and his team of scientists developed the first air defence radar warning station. The results acheived by these pioneers played a vital part in the successful outcome of The Battle of Britain in 1940
Bawdsey, Bawdsey, United Kingdom where they was (1936)
Birth of radar memorial. On 26th February 1935 in the field opposite Robert Watson-Watt and Arnold Wilkins showed for the first time in Britain that aircraft could be detected by bouncing radio waves off them. By 1939 there were 20 stations tracking aircraft at distances up to more than 100 miles. Later known as radar, it was this invention. more than any other, that saved the RAF from defeat in the 1940 Battle Of Britain.
, Litchborough, United Kingdom where they was (1935)
Sir Robert Watson-Watt 1892-1973 Pioneer of Radar lived here
287 Sheen Lane, London, United Kingdom where they lived