AI Mark IV radar
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ai-mark-iv-radar-225-2665047
title:
AI Mark IV radar
text:
Radar, Aircraft Interception, Mark IV, produced by the USA as SCR-540, was the world's first operational air-to-air radar system. Early Mk. III units appeared in July 1940 on converted Bristol Blenheim light bombers, while the definitive Mk. IV reached widespread availability on the Bristol Beaufighter heavy fighter by early 1941. On the Beaufighter, the Mk. IV arguably played a role in ending the Blitz, the Luftwaffe's night bombing campaign of late 1940 and early 1941. Early development was pr
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description:
Operational model of the world's first air-to-air radar system
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_Mark_IV_radar
date created:
2014-07-07T19:13:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T18:39:56Z
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