[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Radar on the Isle of Wight during the Second World War is a unique tale - for the Radar Station at Ventnor was the only radar station in the British Isles to have been destroyed during World War II.[/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The first mention of radar on the Isle of Wight took place in September 1935, when the RAF planned to build a chain of 20 radar stations covering the area from the Tyne to the Isle of Wight. This did not happen immediately, as the radar[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1[/FONT] stations[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]2[/FONT] were the earliest of their type in the world.[/FONT][/FONT] http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/classic/A612334
