History of RAF Gibbet Hill

The RAF station next to Hindhead was envisaged as part of a short-range, blind-landing system to improve safety during night operations. However, during the course of development by the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) near Swanage, the range was found to be far better than expected. It then developed into a long-range, general navigation system. This article was kindly provided to the Thursley History Society by Dr John N Bennett.

Photo from the Imperial War Museum

These are just two pages of the 11 page report written by Dr John N Bennett

The complete report is in this pdf:

RAF Gibbet Hill during WWII final .pdf

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