Microwave radar enabled the Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter Mk. VIF to intercept inbound German bombers at night.
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By Aug. 29, 1940, France had fallen to Nazi rule. German bombs were falling on London. And Edward George Bowen was on a mission to get out of the city. Bowen was headed to Euston Station and then Liverpool. From there, he would deliver across the Atlantic Ocean a locked metal deedbox containing a...
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