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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 24 		Graduates of the RCAF's intensive electronics training course at the University of Western Ontario
2 of 24 		A Christmas dinner held at RCAF Clinton in 1944 kept spirits up when stationed far from home
3 of 24 		RAF Clinton graduates leave from the Clinton railway station, 1942
4 of 24 		Training at Cranwell, New Year's Day 1942
5 of 24 		In summer uniforms outside RCAF Clinton, 1942
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Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force were trained as radar operators and plotters
7 of 24 		RCAF Radar Veterans officially opening The Secrets of Radar Museum in May, 2003
8 of 24 		Filter Rooms were used to track friendly and enemy aircraft
9 of 24 		Men and women worked side-by-side as radar operators, tracking the incoming aircraft
10 of 24 		Personnel outside a Nissen hut, at Rodel, Scotland.
11 of 24 		AMES Type 9000 (OBOE) in action in the Alsace, just prior to the Battle of the Bulge
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Lining up for the canteen at RAF Woodvale in 1944, where RAF Sqdn 256 was based flying Beaufighters
13 of 24 		RCAF Personnel on their way home from Italy in 1945
14 of 24 		AMES Group # in North Africa
15 of 24 		Many Canadians were stationed overseas with the RAF, including in Southest Asia
16 of 24 		The Filter Room in St. Johns, Newfoundland kept track of activity on Canada's east coast
17 of 24 		Trying out the ski hill at Gander, NL, was a welcome adventure on occasional days off
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