Robson, Jack

Title

Robson, Jack
J Robson

Description

11 items. An oral history interview with Jack Robson (b. 1923, 10589943 Royal Air Force) and his training notebooks. He was a searchlight and radar specialist.

The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Jack Robson and catalogued by Barry Hunter.

Date

2016-11-21

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Robson, J

Collection Items

Searchlight Control Notes
Printed notes and circuit diagrams for Searchlight Control radar.

Wireless Set No 22
Notes on operating a wireless set No 22.

Jack Robson's Radar Notes
Notes kept by Jack during his training.

Jack Robson's Photography Notes
Notes kept by Jack during his training. The first pages refer to photography.

Jack Robson's Electronic Notes
A second booklet of notes kept by Jack during his training.

Jack Robson's Electronic Notes
Notes kept by Jack during his training.

Jack Robson's Searchlight Control Radio Notes
Notes kept by Jack during his training.

Jack Robson's Telephone Notes
Notes kept by Jack during his training.

Jack Robson's Radio Mechanics Notes
Notes kept by Jack during his training.

Jack Robson's Electrical Notes
Notes kept by Jack during his training.

Interview with Jack Robson
Jack spent a year in the Local Defence Volunteers before he was called up in 1941. He joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and became a radar mechanic. He trained on radio for five months in Glasgow and for a further two months in Bury on Searchlight…
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