ABSTRACT

This book presents a passionate first-hand account of the development of the Home Sweet Home (H2S) radar systems during World War II. It provides numerous personal insights into the scientific culture of wartime Britain and details the many personal sacrifices, setbacks, and eventual triumphs made by those actively involved. Sir Bernard Lovell led the group that developed the H2S radar system to identify towns and other targets at night or during heavy cloud cover. H2S was successful during the attack on Hamburg in January 1943 as well as the air war against U-boats in the Bay of Biscay.

chapter Chapter 1|9 pages

August 1939

chapter Chapter 2|10 pages

Scone Airport

chapter Chapter 3|7 pages

St Athan

chapter Chapter 4|18 pages

Worth Matravers

chapter Chapter 5|10 pages

Leeson House

chapter Chapter 7|16 pages

Lock-Follow ai(aif/aisf/Mark IX ai)

chapter Chapter 8|6 pages

H2S—the Background

chapter Chapter 9|8 pages

The Birth of H2S—1 November 1941

chapter Chapter 10|11 pages

Halifax V9977

chapter Chapter 11|9 pages

Life in Swanage 1940–42

chapter Chapter 13|6 pages

The Crash of the Halifax Bomber

chapter Chapter 14|5 pages

The Meeting with the Prime Minister

chapter Chapter 15|5 pages

Bennett and Renwick

chapter Chapter 16|9 pages

Autumn 1942

chapter Chapter 17|4 pages

January—February 1943

chapter Chapter 18|10 pages

Centimetre asv and the U-Boats

chapter Chapter 20|2 pages

H2S on Tank Landing Craft

chapter Chapter 21|7 pages

The Summer of 1943—Destruction of Hamburg

chapter Chapter 23|4 pages

H2S and the American 8th Bomber Command

chapter Chapter 24|9 pages

The Problems with H2S in Bomber Command

chapter Chapter 25|5 pages

Fishpond

chapter Chapter 26|6 pages

Conflict with Bomber Command

chapter Chapter 27|12 pages

The New Versions of H2S

chapter Chapter 28|4 pages

July 1944

chapter Chapter 29|5 pages

Naxos and H2S

chapter Chapter 30|8 pages

D-Day, H2S and the Army

chapter Chapter 31|5 pages

The U-Boat Schnorkel

chapter Chapter 32|10 pages

The Last Months of War and the Post-war Phase

chapter Chapter 33|2 pages

Envoi—1991