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Compass from an Italian aircraft. Allied airborne radar was very useful to RCAF and RAF navigators.
1940 to 1946

Credits:
The Secrets of Radar Museum

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The campaign in South East Asia began in December 1941 when Japanese troops crossed into Burma from Siam. Three Canadian squadrons (including several hundred aircrew and seven hundred radar mechanics) attached to the RAF entered the conflict with Britain to fend off the rapidly advancing invasion by Japanese forces. Service in South East Asia meant being far from home where mail was slow and undependable and entertainers rarely visited. Leaves to visit home or relatives were impossible. The Canadian press rarely mentioned the war in Southeast Asia and in the intervening years the campaign has received little attention from Canadian historians, but many Canadian radar mechanics and technicians provided crucial support to the RAF Squadrons in South East Asia Command.

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Many Canadians were stationed overseas with the RAF, including in Southest Asia
1940 to 1945
Unknown Location, India

Credits:
The Secrets of Radar Museum
Allan M. Sinclair Collection

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A travel brochure for Bombay, India, appealing to RAF servicemen on leave
1941-1945
Bombay, India

Credits:
The Secrets of Radar Museum
Allan M. Sinclair Collection

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"Boost" station magazine from RAF Station Korangi Creek in what is now Pakistan
July 1944

Credits:
The Secrets of Radar Museum

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Canadians radar technicians served on dozens of squadrons and hundreds of ground stations spread over all of these regions. Much of the campaign took place in unmapped and wild terrain. During the war, none of the men involved could say where they were or what they were doing.

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RCAF Radar Mechanics who were seconded to the RAF received an identification card like this one
1942-1945

Credits:
Private Collection
Courtesy of K.E. Wells

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A rail yard thought to store German munitions prior to a bombing raid led by OBOE radar
ca. 1944

Credits:
Royal Air Force Photograph
The Secrets of Radar Museum Archives
Jan Bates Collection

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The same rail yard a short time later shows how accurate and deadly the bombing raids could be.
ca. 1944

Credits:
Royal Air Force Photograph
The Secrets of Radar Museum Archives
Jan Bates Collection

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The station logbook shows that Les Brown was on duty during the D-day invasions
6 June 1944

Credits:
Private Collection
Courtesy of J.L. Brown

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Large trucks helped bring men and equipment further into Europe after D-day
1944-1945
Heidelberg, Germany

Credits:
Private Collection
Courtesy of K.E. Wells

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Men and women worked side-by-side as radar operators, tracking the incoming aircraft
World War II
Unknown Location

Credits:
RAF Photograph
The Secrets of Radar Museum Archives

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Compass from an Italian aircraft. Allied airborne radar was very useful to RCAF and RAF navigators.
1940 to 1946

Credits:
The Secrets of Radar Museum

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Lining up for the canteen at RAF Woodvale in 1944, where RAF Sqdn 256 was based flying Beaufighters
1944
Woodvale, Lancashire, England

Credits:
The Secrets of Radar Museum
J. Tevlin Collection