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Radio Northampton,26 Feb 2025,7 mins

Daventry’s war-winning experiment

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90 years ago engineers Robert Watson-Watt and Arnold Wilkins came to Daventry for an experiment. The goal: to see if they could detect aircraft with radio waves. Joseph Ashmenall found out more with the help of BBC Archives. Credit: Getty Images

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