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Edward Fennessy

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Sir Edward Fennessy, electrical and telecommunications engineer

1912 Born in West Ham

1928 Apprentice

1931 Enrolled at East London College to study electrical engineering

1934 Joined Standard Telephone and Cables in London as a researcher

1938 Joined the Air Ministry Research team at Bawdsey Manor

1940 Commissioned in RAFVR; put in charge of the maintenance and installation of the main radar chain; stationed at RAF 60 Group Base Maintenance HQ at Leighton Buzzard.

1944 Promoted to Wing Commander; in charge of planning the deployment of the navigation, path-finding and bombing (navigation) systems for the D-Day landings.

1946 Left the RAF and joined Decca Navigator Co as joint MD

1947 Started to develop a simple marine radar

1950 First MD of Decca Radar Ltd


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Sources of Information

  • The Times, December 18, 2009
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