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Sworn to Secrecy: Canadians on Radar, 1940-1945
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The "First of 6000" were the first RCAF radar recruits who completed their training overseas
1 of 31 		Graduates of the RCAF's intensive electronics training course at the University of Western Ontario
2 of 31 		Most mechanics attended a university training program before being selected for radar training
3 of 31 		A Christmas dinner held at RCAF Clinton in 1944 kept spirits up when stationed far from home
4 of 31 		Clinton Graduates in 1941
5 of 31 		RAF Clinton graduates leave from the Clinton railway station, 1942
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Training at Cranwell, New Year's Day 1942
7 of 31 		At the Overseas Forces Club, ca. 1942
8 of 31 		In summer uniforms outside RCAF Clinton, 1942
9 of 31 		Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force were trained as radar operators and plotters
10 of 31 		RCAF Radar Veterans officially opening The Secrets of Radar Museum in May, 2003
11 of 31 		Filter Rooms were used to track friendly and enemy aircraft
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Men and women worked side-by-side as radar operators, tracking the incoming aircraft
13 of 31 		The quarters were cramped inside this Nissen hut in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland
14 of 31 		Personnel outside a Nissen hut, at Rodel, Scotland.
15 of 31 		AMES Type 9000 (OBOE) in action in the Alsace, just prior to the Battle of the Bulge
16 of 31 		Lining up for the canteen at RAF Woodvale in 1944, where RAF Sqdn 256 was based flying Beaufighters
17 of 31 		RCAF Personnel on their way home from Italy in 1945
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