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Unit Title: Radar Station
Equipment Type: Exp Prototype AW
Formation Order: AFCO 133/42
Disbandment Order: AFCO B151/46 |
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Notes:
- First RAAF radar to detect enemy aircraft
- Originally a section of 5FS. Hal Porter also believes that Fred Hull was the person who put the extra condenser in the AW Time Base to increase the range.
- He was to prepare for 38RS arrival
- Sandbag wall collapsed and part of Ops room collapsed
- Equipment to be shipped to Morotai DEI
- AFCO B202/44
- Radar on 81 ft steel tower
- Operations interrupted for 5 hours while change over to LW/AW carried out.
- Unit moved to Darwin by air
- Unit was back on the air within 2 minuts and detected 3-5 bombers at 54 miles. These plots were followed into 9 miles and reappeared going out at 28 miles and 39 miles as the force had split. They were followed to 94 miles.
- At 1239hrs 22 Zero fighters at 30,000ft were detected at 160 miles. At 1241hrs 27 bombers were detected at 170-175 miles. Signal to noise ratio was 2:2 to 3:1.
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