Letter to the Editor

Development of the GCA Radar Landing System: A Memoir by C.A. Fowler, I was clearing out some packing boxes in the garage and came across an album of photos and memorabilia that my Mother saved from my Army Air Force service in Germany from 1946 to 1948. Included was a Munich Air Base newspaper published in February 1947, showing photos of the Munich GCA and an explanation of the Airways and Air Communications Service (AACS) that included the GCA installation! I have enclosed a photocopy of the newspaper. Would you be kind enough to send this to Mr. Fowler? [We have. - Editors] I entered the Army Air Corps in October 1945 (age 17) and was trained as a Ground Maintenance Mechanic for Airborne and Ground Radio equipment. I served in the AACS from July 1946 to July 1948. In September 1946, I was assigned to Bremerhaven, Germnany Air Base in the AACS Detachment and took care of Control Tower Radios (UHF and Ground-to-Ground (HIP) Air Traffic Control transmitters from September to December 1946.