| 词条 | Joe Airey |
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}} Joseph Enoch Airey {{postnominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (25 August 1894 – 10 February 1976) was a Senior Technical Officer for the Telecommunications Research Establishment. Airey was born in Oldham, Lancashire on 25 August 1894. He joined Robert Watson-Watt in 1924, and was an original member of the radar team,[1] responsible for masts and support equipment. He was Senior Technical Officer at Telecommunications Research Establishment. Alongside Arnold Wilkins, Airey is credited with having discovered Bawdsey Manor, Ordfordnessas a site for the Air Ministry department that was significant in the history of radar[2]. In his book "Three Steps to Victory" Robert Watson-Watt proclaims Joe Airey's greatest constructional achievement as the installation of a mast atop the Great Pyramid at Cheops.[3] During World War I, Airey was a member of the Dunsterforce in the Persia and the Middle East. By the time of his retirement, he was Station Engineer at the Royal Radar Establishment. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services by King George VI in his Birthday Honours on 14th June 1945.[4] Airey died in Poole Dorset on 10 February 1976. See also
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.purbeckradar.org.uk/introduction/index.htm |title=Purbeck Radar |last=Penley |first=Bill |accessdate=2018-10-25 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Airey, Joe}}{{UK-engineer-stub}}2. ^{{cite book|title=Three Steps to Victory |date=1957 |publisher=Odhams Press |page=140 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?redir_esc=y&id=J0JQAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=One+summer%27s+day}} 3. ^{{cite book|title=Three Steps to Victory |date=1957 |publisher=Odhams Press |page=55 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J0JQAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=cheops}} 4. ^{{cite book |title=The London Gazette |date=8 June 1945 |publisher=The Stationery Office |page=3049 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37122/supplement/3049 |accessdate=22 October 2018}} 5 : 1894 births|1976 deaths|Members of the Order of the British Empire|British telecommunications engineers|Radar pioneers |
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