BOWEN (E.G): Radar Days. With a Foreword by Lord Bowden of Chesterfield. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUST-WRAPPER , Adam Hilger, Bristol, [1987]
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, and photographs and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped d/w. Taffy Bowen was the father of airborne radar. Here he recounts the story of its introduction to the RAF in the early days of WWII. Very scarce. (Book ref. 19514) £60.00
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