in ww2 i was in signal corp radar attached to army 6th army air force.i worked mostly on 270 &271 units. 1942 til 1945.the tubes in our transmitter were so big, they were water cooled. we could reach a enimy target 200 miles. & pull a interseption. we had p40s, p39s & p38s.all info was in code. we could call a target in 2,ooo miles.in 1942 we had gas motors to make power, they gave us a lot of trouble, but when we switche to diesel, they worked fine.. i was trained by older men , right in combat.most of our units were made in Baltimore MD, the greatest about our radar was the IFF. we could tell our planes from. the japs.radar saved the Panama canal. i am 82 yrs old now. in ww2 i was a good radar operator. radar is hard to explane. it transmitted & recieved at the same time.it was the beganing of television as we know it to-day.. it took 30 men to run a radar unit. we had to keep our units hid at all times.i an
m not a very good typer, my hands are stiff.. i wish we could meet face to face,& i could talk about ww2 radar & all that goes with it all day. charles b. imperio. WV