Image: AI Mk. VIIIB radar in De Havilland Mosquito NF.XIII CH16610

Description: Royal Air Force Radar, 1939-1945. Airborne Interception Radar: AI Mark VIIIB installed in the nose of a De Havilland Mosquito NF Mark XIII night fighter. The transmitter box is at the top, mounted above the scanner hydraulic motor assembly. The rotating scanner is contained in the perspex nose. Photograph taken at No. 10 Maintenance Unit, Hullavington, Wiltshire. Operating at a frequency of 3 GHz (10 centimeters wavelength) powered by the new magnetron tube invented by John Randall and Harry Boot at Birmingham University, UK in 1940, this was the first microwave air intercept radar, used on British warplanes in World War 2 beginning late 1941. The development of microwave radar was a game changer for the Allies during World War 2, credited with significantly shortening the war.
Title: AI Mk. VIIIB radar in De Havilland Mosquito NF.XIII CH16610
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//53/media-53738/large.jpg This photograph CH 16610 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Royal Air Force official photographer, Baker L H (Flt Lt)
Permission: This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
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License: Public domain
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