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Unit: 163RS


Unit Title: Radar Station
Equipment Type: LW/GCI Mk I
Formation Order: AFCO B224/44
Disbandment Order: AFCO B376/46

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Notes:
  1. Equip erected at Essendon airport to conduct an experiment to determine whether radar would be an effective measure to assist in aerdrome control. Radar was located on the ground in a ploughed paddock.
  2. Personnel take delivery of LW/GCI Mk II
  3. Unit originally destined for Cape Glocester

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