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Sworn to Secrecy: Canadians on Radar, 1940-1945

 
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force were trained as radar operators and plotters
37 of 102 		RCAF Radar Veterans officially opening The Secrets of Radar Museum in May, 2003
38 of 102 		Filter Rooms were used to track friendly and enemy aircraft
39 of 102 		A diagram showing the layout of the RAF Filter Room stations, which provided crucial information
40 of 102 		A rail yard thought to store German munitions prior to a bombing raid led by OBOE radar
41 of 102 		The same rail yard a short time later shows how accurate and deadly the bombing raids could be.
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Accurate bombing raids were useful when used to disrupt the production or transport of enemy goods
43 of 102 		Men and women worked side-by-side as radar operators, tracking the incoming aircraft
44 of 102 		Called "window", "chaff" or "duppel", strips of metallic foil were used to jam enemy radar
45 of 102 		The quarters were cramped inside this Nissen hut in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland
46 of 102 		Personnel outside a Nissen hut, at Rodel, Scotland.
47 of 102 		The station logbook shows that Les Brown was on duty during the D-day invasions
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Large trucks helped bring men and equipment further into Europe after D-day
49 of 102 		The AMES Type 19 aerial trailer shown here was just one of many types of mobile radar units
50 of 102 		RAF Form 1629, Mechanical Transport Drivers ID card issued to K.E. Wells to drive trucks in convoy
51 of 102 		Part of LAC Kenneth Wells' scrapbook, showing mobile OBOE radar equipment in Alsace after D-day
52 of 102 		AMES Type 9000 (OBOE) in action in the Alsace, just prior to the Battle of the Bulge
53 of 102 		Lining up for the canteen at RAF Woodvale in 1944, where RAF Sqdn 256 was based flying Beaufighters
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