- Wikidata identifier:
- Q12066774
- Instance of:
- military museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 1933
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q12066774/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Military
The Operations Room contains 20 original radar consoles, along with the original illuminated display boards and ancillary command, control and communications exhibits.; Vehicles associated with radar, including: a 1953 Mobile Type 14 radar vehicle, a 1951 Direction Finding Vehicle and a Bloodhound Mk11 surface to air missile decommissioned in 1991; 1980s computers used to train RAF Fighter Controllers in the tactics of fighter aircraft. Three are active and can be used by visitors. Collection of photographs and photographic equipment relating to the development of radar, the people associated with air defence and with RAF Neatishead in particular. Paintings and artwork on the subject of radar. RAF Station and Unit Badges.
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC