ISLE OF WIGHT BRANCH LECTURE WWII Radar on the Isle of Wight - Defending the Realm By: Tim Wander - for the past five years he has been researching the fascinating wartime history of the Isle of Wight. He will discuss the Chain Home coastal Early Warning radar stations built by the Royal Air Force and based on the Isle of Wight. TH ISLE OF WIGHT COLLEGE / THURSDAY - 16 January 2020 Chain Home Low RADAR at Ventnor Chain Home RADAR at Ventnor OUR SPEAKER - Tim Wander VENUE Tim is widely acknowledged to be a world Main Conference Hall authority on the history of Marconi, radio Isle of Wight College and TV and will present a lecture on the Newport. PO30 5TA WWII ‘Chain Home’ Radar stations based Thursday - 16th January ‘20 on the Isle of Wight. Tim has published 9 5.30 p.m. - Doors open books (www.marconibooks.co.uk) on the history of Marconi 6.00 p.m. - Lecture starts and wireless and two on the wartime history of the Isle of FREE ADMISSION Wight. He has appeared at three of the last four prestigious Although Small Donations Welcomed Isle of Wight Literary Festivals, has numerous television and radio credits and prepares and edits scripts for TV and radio All Welcome programmes. Tim was the General Manager at GEC Marconi Members and Non-Members More Info:- Graham Thomas Comms’. (1983-99) and is the Major Projects Manager, [email protected] Historian for the Northwood House Charitable Trust. www.aerosociety.com/events-calender/ Images - Courtesy of Tim Wander & http://www.ventnorradar.co.uk/ /John Finch .