Wellington at Odiham 4th December 1940

[Adrian Hills]

Since 1997 I have tried to find details of a Wellington that was delivered to Odiham in early December 1940. According to a file in the National Archive, AVIA 13/1263 this activity occured and television reconnaissance equipment was fitted. Unlike earlier related activities no aircraft serial number is noted. A 'Secret Cypher Message' in the file has the right personalities and departments that were previously used for succesful trials with an Avro Anson.

 

This information is recorded in my 2002 Doctoral thesis at the University of Stratchclyde entitled "An early history of British military television with special reference to John Logie Baird". It is now time I took my investigations on early television reconnaissance further with the eventual hope of publishing a book on the topic.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.