The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, NSW. Members of the American Army (not in view) have completed the construction of a Mark 1 Light Weight Air Warning (LW/AW) Radar in a training exercise. Note the camouflaged tent and flies. The radar, when complete, was designed to withstand sixty pounds of pressure per square foot, this equates to a 100 miles per hour wind.
Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, NSW. Members of the American Army undertaking a training exercise to assemble a Mark 1 Light Weight Air Warning (LW/AW) Radar. The construction of the A Frame, mast and ar
Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, NSW. Members of the American Army undertaking a training exercise to assemble a Mark 1 Light Weight Air Warning (LW/AW) Radar. They have completed the first phase of the a
Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, NSW. Members of the American Army undertaking a training exercise to assemble a Mark 1 Light Weight Air Warning (LW/AW) Radar. They are seen here erecting the A Frame. The
Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, NSW. Members of the American Army undertaking a training exercise to assemble a Mark 1 Light Weight Air Warning (LW/AW) Radar. They are finalising the array and mast so th
Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, NSW. Members of the American Army undertaking a training exercise to assemble a Mark 1 Light Weight Air Warning (LW/AW) Radar. The array has been constructed ready to be p
Close up detail of a Light Weight Air Warning Radar (LW/AW) Mark 1 canvas tent and modified flies.
