Jump to content

File:AI Mk. VIIIB radar console CH16606.jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (600 × 800 pixels, file size: 78 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Artist
Royal Air Force official photographer, Baker L H (Flt Lt)
Description
English: Royal Air Force Radar, 1939-1945.
Airborne Interception Radar: AI Mark VIIIB indicator and receiver in the operating position, as seen from the observer's seat of a De Havilland Mosquito NF Mark XIII night fighter. The vizor has been removed from the screen on the indicator unit (top). The receiver unit (bottom) was hinged so as to fold back into the space beneath the indicator unit in order to render access and egress from the cockpit via the door at lower right. 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.
Date between 1939 and 1945
date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1939-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//53/media-53737/large.jpg
This photograph CH 16606 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Permission
(Reusing this file)
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.
Part of
InfoField
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection
Subject(s)
InfoField
  • Associated people and organisations
    Royal Air Force, 10 Maintenance Unit
  • Associated places
    Hullavington, Wiltshire, England, UK
  • Associated themes
    Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Fighter Command
  • Associated keywords
    electronic warfare, Operations, Aerial Warfare
Category
InfoField
photographs
Image sorted
InfoField
yes

Licensing

This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. The original itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain
This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was published prior to 1974; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
More information.

See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.

Deutsch  English  Español  français  italiano  Nederlands  polski  português  sicilianu  slovenščina  suomi  Türkçe  македонски  русский  українська  മലയാളം  한국어  日本語  简体中文  繁體中文  العربية  +/−


This tag is designed for use where there may be a need to assert that any enhancements (eg brightness, contrast, colour-matching, sharpening) are in themselves insufficiently creative to generate a new copyright. It can be used where it is unknown whether any enhancements have been made, as well as when the enhancements are clear but insufficient. For known raw unenhanced scans you can use an appropriate {{PD-old}} tag instead. For usage, see Commons:When to use the PD-scan tag.


Note: This tag applies to scans and photocopies only. For photographs of public domain originals taken from afar, {{PD-Art}} may be applicable. See Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag.

Captions

Early World War 2 radar

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

image/jpeg

47d640049717910378d73bc08cc67084a8a3d5fc

80,289 byte

800 pixel

600 pixel

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current13:01, 28 January 2014Thumbnail for version as of 13:01, 28 January 2014600 × 800 (78 KB){{User:{{subst:User:Fae/Fae}}/IWM |description = {{en|''Royal Air Force Radar, 1939-1945.''<br/> Airborne Interception Radar: AI Mark VIIIB indicator and receiver in the operating position, as seen from the observer's seat of a De Havilland Mosquito NF...

The following page uses this file: