Battle of Britain : Fighter Control

• Jan 19, 2014

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Most of you will have seen the film, if you ever wondered exactly how the plotting system from the Chain Low radar stations to the Group Headquarters worked, then here is an interesting little wikipedia article I just ran into: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowding_system

 

• Jan 19, 2014

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Otter said:

Most of you will have seen the film, if you ever wondered exactly how the plotting system from the Chain Low radar stations to the Group Headquarters worked, then here is an interesting little wikipedia article I just ran into: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowding_system

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The command and control structure of Fighter Command was arguably the decisive factor in their ability to marshal forces in the most effective manner according to raids. Just a small correction, the RDF network included both Chain Home and Chain Home Low, and the CHL stations were less in number than the CH stations. CHL was also slightly less effective than CH due to the increased interference at lower altitudes from geographical terrain, climatic conditions (fog banks, etc).

 

• Jan 21, 2014

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The RAF have posted some good Battle of Britain information on their website:

http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/battleofbritain70thanniversary.cfm

http://www.raf.mod.uk/battleofbritainbunker/

 

• Jan 21, 2014

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All devised by Air Marshall Dowding, who was basically canned after the crisis. He was rightfully bitter afterwards.

 

• Jan 22, 2014

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dhermann1 said:

All devised by Air Marshall Dowding, who was basically canned after the crisis. He was rightfully bitter afterwards.

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In fairness there seems to be reasonable evidence to suggest that he was certifiable.