Tony spent 31 years in the RAF, doing four tours at RAF Neatishead. He talks about his experiences, and the changes seen throughout this time and his role as a volunteer at the Radar Museum in Neatishead. He says ”my main aim here is to ensure that the museum gets the story across correctly and […]
Neatishead Radar
Fifty shades of Blue. RAF Technician and Neatishead Museum Volunteer (1963-2023)
Brian joined the RAF in 1963, starting as an apprentice radar fitter. He was posted to Neatishead from 1975-1978, and there he was the Secondary Radar Specialist who ran the electronic workshop. In 2005, a while after leaving the military, he joined the Neatishead museum as a volunteer. Early life and joining the RAF I […]
From Air Defence Operator to Warrant Officer (1972-2004). Despair, delight, tragedy.
Dai speaks about his life in the RAF, which he joined as an Air Defence Operator in 1972. He had three tours at Neatishead, with his third and final posting there as the Warrant Officer Operations (WO Ops) and Bunker Manager. Early life I was born in 1951 in the Rookery, a maternity home […]
Life under the radar (1956-2023)
David was in the RAF for nearly 30 years and was posted all over the UK, including a few years at RAF Neatishead, and to parts of Europe. RAF Neatishead is now the site of the RAF Air Defence Radar Museum and, having come full circle, David now volunteers at the museum. My childhood and […]
The RAF radar operator (1945-1960)
Janet talks about her life, wartime rationing and working at RAF Neatishead as a radar operator in the 1950s. I was born in North Norfolk and had three brothers and a sister. I was eight when the war started and I can remember rationing, I remember that I couldn’t have sugar in my tea; because […]