Image: Chain Home radar installation at Poling, Sussex, 1945. CH15173

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Description: Chain Home radar installation at Poling, Sussex, 1945. Chain Home: AMES Type 1 CH East Coast radar installation at Poling, Sussex. On the left are three (originally four) in-line 360ft steel transmitter towers, between which the transmitter aerials were slung, with the heavily protected transmitter building in front. On the right are four 240ft wooden receiver towers placed in rhombic formation, with the receiver building in the middle.
Title: Chain Home radar installation at Poling, Sussex, 1945. CH15173
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//36/media-36281/large.jpg This photograph CH 15173 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Royal Air Force official photographer
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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