Posted by Owen Roberts on November 15, 2011 at 08:37:02 user OwenRoberts.
In Reply to: Re: Commander Walker's Posting posted by Dave Thewlis on November 14, 2011 at 18:22:23:
This is a possible theory, Dave.
Ignoring the known time lapse – the masts did not exist at the notional time of the story, but they did exist at the time AR wrote WD.
Bawdsey Masts were to become an air force (RAF) establishment with the object of detecting inbound aircraft. However a secondary objective was to monitor coastal shipping traffic - here Cdr. Walker could have a role.
I understand that the masts were not very useful for detecting low flying aircraft or small ships until post war developments to the radar system improved detection.