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secret of the war is out.

By A. B. AUSTIN

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ness.

It is Radiolocation — the ments whs being flashed country, and applying to the Navy and Army as well means by which we detect with the speed of light.

This has been one of the as to the R.A.F." enemy aircraft.

An invisible rampart of best kept secrets of the war. Ether waves are not af- waves, stretching, far be- In the Services it was only fected by fog, cloud or dark- yond our shores, has given referred to by three letters. Few even in the Army, warning, since the begin-

Sent groping into space ning of the war, of every Navy and R.A.F. know these Nazi bomber and fighten letters, and they could not from the detection stations, which flew towards this is-be whispered outside the they strike any solid object

services.

such as a ship or an aircraft Thousands of men and Recently, Air Chief Mar- that may be approaching.

At once the approach of women now man Britain shal Sir Philip Joubert, with radiolocators. Millions now. Commander-in-Chief, of pounds have been spent Coastal Command, disclosed the raider is recorded.

24 Hour Watch for the first time the use of on them..

The ether waves keep a The name of the man the ether wave in war,

He was one of the men 24-hour watch. who gave it to us is Robert Alexander Watson Watt, responsible for the applica-

Thanks to them, Air Chief 19-year-old Scot from Bre-tion of the discoveries of

Watson Watt and other Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, radio pioneers to modern Commander-in-Chief of the Fighter Command during warfare. six years ago, working with He made his disclosure the Battle of Britain, did the first detection device in because he was appealing not have to keep standing

The staff of the three ser- an old lorry in a country for 10,000 men and more patrols of Spitfires and

than 5,000 women to join Hurricanes in the air.

vices, employed on radio- road near Daventry.

runs He could save his petrol location

into thou- the great organisation in the three services which and the time and energy of

sands. From that first experi- maintains the radiolocation his pilots.

Scientists are constantly ment on a March morning system.

Hongkong Telegraph. chin, Angus.

Tuesday, Aug. 26, 1941. Wyndham St., Hongkong

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WELCOME NEWS

the WELCOME indeed Is

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that Britain and Russia, acting in concert and displaying admirable Initiative, have sent troops into Iran to thwart German fifth column

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Lone of past, despite the cautious omeial and inspired comment, that Iran was fast becoming a hotbed of German Intrigue which, if permitted

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He made his discovery

Invisible Wall

"Radiolocation," said Sir

WATSON WATT: the man who discovered Radiolocation.

Was meteorologist-In-charge of Royal Aircraft Establishment In the Inst war.

Jched Department of Belentiße

and Industrial Research in 1921.

In January, 1940, was Felentle adviser on tele-communications,

Six months later was trans- of Aircrafi to Ministry Production.

ferred

in 1935 there was built up "The Battle of Britain," Philip Joubert, "has been of making improvements, and the invisible wall round our he said, was won by a com- the utmost assistance to the the manufacturers have to

bination of our fighters and shores.

Royal Observer Corps in keep up with the research Nazi pilots, miles out to radiolocation.

spotting the movements of workers.

But both scientists and "The lorry near Daventry

enemy aircraft. sea, confidently heading for

"It has at least doubled manufacturers are short of Britain, did not know that has grown into an organi-

their move- sation covering the whole the use of the Observer trained staff to service the warning of

Corps."

increasing number of radio

CHIANG'S NEPHEW This "trick of the labora-locators.

tory," as Sir Philip Joubert As Mr Attlee said in the called it, grew into radio- House of Commons, our

FERRIES FOR R.A.F.ocation without the public need for these craftsmen is

being aware of its existence, increasing rapidly, and we After Watson Watt and want more and more of his fellow experimenters had them. By A Correspondent

But not only men are "Calling Mr Chang. Calling the physical tests for the R.A.F. made their old lorry experi- to continue unchecked, would be

The leader of the women isments, a team of brilliant

scientists and serving of needed. In all three Ser- vices women can work in rupable of very seriously compromis- Mr Chang. Will you please 'go

vis-a-vis to Operations Room immediate Miss Pauline Gower, who was

for a close friend of the late Miss ficers were got together.

the detection posts. During jug the

are required

Amy Johnson, who was also in

In the middle of 1939, a southern_Russia and India. It seems ly? You

the Battle of Britain W.A. the A.TA-and-was-ferrying..a

few months before-wa-r Mr Chang-nobody knows "plane when killed."

broke out, they managed to A. girls were sitting at- the posts, receiving the him by any other name-rose

adapt the ether waves to

warnings of Nazi raiders from a deep armchair in the

The Americans are mostly military uses. rest room at the aerodrome and went off to report to Operations ex-airliner pilots. One of them,

Once radiolocation had and sending them to the Charlie Smith, owned several been proved practicable, Fighter Command opera-

tions-room.

fair to

that the prompt cross-country_flight." assume

and British action of the Soviet military commands will succeed in crushing further Nazi machinations in this direction-at least via Iran and Turkey,

Welcome too, is the announcement that General Sir Archibald Wavell is at the head of the British forces now pushing their way towards

British move; Wavell

has

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Room.

FIVE EXAMINATIONS

This tall, charming nephew 'planes himself and flew hunters. of Generalissimo Chiang Kai- to all parts of the American scientists, engineers and shek, head of the Chinese continent.

manufacturers combined to

"It is radio that will de-

Army, is one of 200 pilots of the There are five examinations produce the best possible stroy enemy aeroplanes," Air Transport Auxiliary, which which every man must pass, has commandeered this station. He begins with light types and They have relieved R.A.F. pilots

the

as

equipment.

Taken Four Years

said Lord Beaverbrook.

He was broadcasting to America an appeal to men It had taken four years of technical skill to help in of continuous experiment to the repair and maintenance Ido the job.

of our wireless devices. Now radiolocation has "It is the radio," he said,

Persian oil centre. This appointment symbolises the strong intent of the always been a hard hitter ns witness is of the task of transporting goes on to single-engine train- Spitfires. When through Libyan and Ethlopinn campaigns: he planes from manufacturers to ing and operational types, such

This means is a renlist; a leader who acknow- R.A.F. stations.

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A day among these pilots, can fly all, he is made a senior prime importance, and this is war.

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I was taken on a tour of the given the fullest and most comfort-round-the-world trip. There are

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Is amenable to reason and willing to acknowledge that its own strength is insuficient to deal with the internal

disorganisation created by

Poles, Czechs,

ONE HAND, ONE EYE

German I chatted over a cup of tea

Officer at Brooklands race track before the war.

Our first call was

at the

fifth columnists. Iran will remain with one of the Poles. He was Operations Room, where pilots and the formerly one of several pilots of receive their orders for the first

Iran for the Irunians

guarantee of that is the very presence Lockheed airliners operating flights of the day. "Mr Smith,

of British and Allled forces within

the country; without their presence from Warsaw. With two others, drive to factory X and pick up he decided to leave for Britain a Spitfire," or "Senor Silvario, Iran might well have become an- other Norway overnight,

when it became apparent that take a Magister (a training air- Each pilot nodded and went Early reports suggest that Turkey the fall of Poland was inevitable, craft) to aerodrome Y.”: has not taken kindly to the Allied Each took one of the airliners nove, but this lamediate reaction is and without maps or other off to the maps and signals probably caused by lack of apprecia- guides, except compasses, flew room. Spread out on the table large secret map of on of the motive underlying the Invasion; when this is fully under Britain.

across Germany and France to was

Britain.. The station is allowed "One of my com- tood Turkey will have good grounds.

channels of flight across Britain. for welcoming it. If nothing else it panions has been killed since in only this one copy, showing the provides her with friendly and well- a flying accident," he told me. which these ferry pilots must

Wishing neighbours on three sides-

from Syria, Iraq and Iran and while Many of the Englishmen were use.

Sen, the Turks can afford to sleep

B

Aerodromes, balloon bar-

the Russian fleet dominates the Black pilots in the Royal Flying Corps rages and AA batteries are more peacefully in their beds. The during the last war. One of marked as danger spots to be presence of well established Allied them, Capt. Keith Jopp, is the avoided, for if venturing near a forces around the entire land frontier only man with a complete dis- pilot is likely to be taken for of Turkey must bet ne

a strong ability pension from the last hostile aircrafts and fired on. Axis designs on Turkey deterrent to Axle tally, which have war who is still flying. With This, I was assured, does not long been obvious. It will be gener- only one hand and one eye, he happen often, but one man told ally and sincerely hoped, that the transports anything from a me of an occasion when, ho anians will accept the position and Spitfire to a Wellington bomber. went only slightly off his course will retrain from opposition which There are

others, much over the sea and was given a can serve only to bring unnecessary. distress and bloodshed to the country younger, with the necessary hot few minutes by one of our with whom the Allles have no flying qualifications for the battleships. "Which only shows. quarrel, nor do they seek one. The ATA 50 hours and an "A" how smart our Navy, 1a) was BAllled move:11 noe facqulative, baAL SETRAO PATRIMOIY How darina) pada bi vcomment, brokken boole