Civilian electrical engineer/inventor-B.Sc.(Eng), A.M.I.E.E.
[Alan Dower Blumlein was not only the gifted inventor of the stereophonic sound system, he filed 127 other patents in his life for technologies that revolutionized telecommunications, television and radar. He is considered to be one of the most significant scientists of the 20th century.]
DEATH-1942 June Quarter death registration-
Name: Blumlein, Alan D.---Age: 38
District: Ross (Volume & Page: 6a & 824)
RAF TFU (Telecommunications Flying Unit)'s Handley Page Halifax Mk II (V9977) aircraft took flight from RAF Deffort, in Worcestershire, to test the RAF's top secret H2S ground mapping radar system. On board was a flight crew made up of seven RAF personnel and four civilian technical experts. A fire broke out in one of the engines, quickly spreading and resulting in the Halifax's crashing at Lower Lydbrook, in Welsh Bicknor, 8 miles south southwest of Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire. All eleven occupants of the aircraft perished in this accident; the prototype H2S was also destroyed.
The eleven casualties were-
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Aircraftman 2nd Class Bernard Charles Frederick BICKNELL,
Civilian Alan Dower BLUMLEIN,
Civilian Frank BLYTHEN,
Civilian Cecil Oswald BROWNE,
First Pilot Pilot Officer Douglas John DAVIES-BERRINGTON,
Flight Engineer Leading Aircraftman Brian Douglas George DEAR,
Flying Officer (Honourary) Geoffrey Spencer HENSBY,
Observer Flight Sergeant Gavin MILLAR,
Second Pilot Flying Officer Algernon Michael PHILLIPS,
(Attached T.R.E.) Squadron Leader Ronald John SANSOM and
(Attached T.R.E.) Pilot Officer Clifford Edward VINCENT.
~A. D. Blumlein, inventor and pioneer in the fields of television and radar, lost his life in an aircraft accident, whilst testing radar equipment (the aircraft was equipped with an H2S system, the first airborne, ground scanning radar system). During the Second World War, Blumlein was secretly working on the development of the H2S airborne radar system; many historians believe that this system shortened the war's duration.
~But because of the intense secrecy concerning his military research, Blumlein's 1942 death wasn't announced until three years following the tragic crash. Adding to that, the secrecy which surrounded the important work of his final years, Blumlein's enormous role in technological history went relatively unnoticed until 2016, when a blue plaque was installed at the site of his former home in Ealing, London. And in 2017 audio inventor, Alan Dower Blumlein, was posthumously awarded a Technical Grammy (this Special Merit Award is presented by vote of the Recording Academy's National Trustees to individuals who have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording).
~Alan Dower Blumlein is one of the many civilians of the Commonwealth whose deaths were due to enemy action or scientific military research during the Second World War; the names of some 67,092 are commemorated in the Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour, located near St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey, London.
[Alan Dower Blumlein was not only the gifted inventor of the stereophonic sound system, he filed 127 other patents in his life for technologies that revolutionized telecommunications, television and radar. He is considered to be one of the most significant scientists of the 20th century.]
DEATH-1942 June Quarter death registration-
Name: Blumlein, Alan D.---Age: 38
District: Ross (Volume & Page: 6a & 824)
RAF TFU (Telecommunications Flying Unit)'s Handley Page Halifax Mk II (V9977) aircraft took flight from RAF Deffort, in Worcestershire, to test the RAF's top secret H2S ground mapping radar system. On board was a flight crew made up of seven RAF personnel and four civilian technical experts. A fire broke out in one of the engines, quickly spreading and resulting in the Halifax's crashing at Lower Lydbrook, in Welsh Bicknor, 8 miles south southwest of Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire. All eleven occupants of the aircraft perished in this accident; the prototype H2S was also destroyed.
The eleven casualties were-
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Aircraftman 2nd Class Bernard Charles Frederick BICKNELL,
Civilian Alan Dower BLUMLEIN,
Civilian Frank BLYTHEN,
Civilian Cecil Oswald BROWNE,
First Pilot Pilot Officer Douglas John DAVIES-BERRINGTON,
Flight Engineer Leading Aircraftman Brian Douglas George DEAR,
Flying Officer (Honourary) Geoffrey Spencer HENSBY,
Observer Flight Sergeant Gavin MILLAR,
Second Pilot Flying Officer Algernon Michael PHILLIPS,
(Attached T.R.E.) Squadron Leader Ronald John SANSOM and
(Attached T.R.E.) Pilot Officer Clifford Edward VINCENT.
~A. D. Blumlein, inventor and pioneer in the fields of television and radar, lost his life in an aircraft accident, whilst testing radar equipment (the aircraft was equipped with an H2S system, the first airborne, ground scanning radar system). During the Second World War, Blumlein was secretly working on the development of the H2S airborne radar system; many historians believe that this system shortened the war's duration.
~But because of the intense secrecy concerning his military research, Blumlein's 1942 death wasn't announced until three years following the tragic crash. Adding to that, the secrecy which surrounded the important work of his final years, Blumlein's enormous role in technological history went relatively unnoticed until 2016, when a blue plaque was installed at the site of his former home in Ealing, London. And in 2017 audio inventor, Alan Dower Blumlein, was posthumously awarded a Technical Grammy (this Special Merit Award is presented by vote of the Recording Academy's National Trustees to individuals who have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording).
~Alan Dower Blumlein is one of the many civilians of the Commonwealth whose deaths were due to enemy action or scientific military research during the Second World War; the names of some 67,092 are commemorated in the Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour, located near St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey, London.
Civilian electrical engineer/inventor-B.Sc.(Eng), A.M.I.E.E.
[Alan Dower Blumlein was not only the gifted inventor of the stereophonic sound system, he filed 127 other patents in his life for technologies that revolutionized telecommunications, television and radar. He is considered to be one of the most significant scientists of the 20th century.]
DEATH-1942 June Quarter death registration-
Name: Blumlein, Alan D.---Age: 38
District: Ross (Volume & Page: 6a & 824)
RAF TFU (Telecommunications Flying Unit)'s Handley Page Halifax Mk II (V9977) aircraft took flight from RAF Deffort, in Worcestershire, to test the RAF's top secret H2S ground mapping radar system. On board was a flight crew made up of seven RAF personnel and four civilian technical experts. A fire broke out in one of the engines, quickly spreading and resulting in the Halifax's crashing at Lower Lydbrook, in Welsh Bicknor, 8 miles south southwest of Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire. All eleven occupants of the aircraft perished in this accident; the prototype H2S was also destroyed.
The eleven casualties were-
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Aircraftman 2nd Class Bernard Charles Frederick BICKNELL,
Civilian Alan Dower BLUMLEIN,
Civilian Frank BLYTHEN,
Civilian Cecil Oswald BROWNE,
First Pilot Pilot Officer Douglas John DAVIES-BERRINGTON,
Flight Engineer Leading Aircraftman Brian Douglas George DEAR,
Flying Officer (Honourary) Geoffrey Spencer HENSBY,
Observer Flight Sergeant Gavin MILLAR,
Second Pilot Flying Officer Algernon Michael PHILLIPS,
(Attached T.R.E.) Squadron Leader Ronald John SANSOM and
(Attached T.R.E.) Pilot Officer Clifford Edward VINCENT.
~A. D. Blumlein, inventor and pioneer in the fields of television and radar, lost his life in an aircraft accident, whilst testing radar equipment (the aircraft was equipped with an H2S system, the first airborne, ground scanning radar system). During the Second World War, Blumlein was secretly working on the development of the H2S airborne radar system; many historians believe that this system shortened the war's duration.
~But because of the intense secrecy concerning his military research, Blumlein's 1942 death wasn't announced until three years following the tragic crash. Adding to that, the secrecy which surrounded the important work of his final years, Blumlein's enormous role in technological history went relatively unnoticed until 2016, when a blue plaque was installed at the site of his former home in Ealing, London. And in 2017 audio inventor, Alan Dower Blumlein, was posthumously awarded a Technical Grammy (this Special Merit Award is presented by vote of the Recording Academy's National Trustees to individuals who have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording).
~Alan Dower Blumlein is one of the many civilians of the Commonwealth whose deaths were due to enemy action or scientific military research during the Second World War; the names of some 67,092 are commemorated in the Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour, located near St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey, London.
[Alan Dower Blumlein was not only the gifted inventor of the stereophonic sound system, he filed 127 other patents in his life for technologies that revolutionized telecommunications, television and radar. He is considered to be one of the most significant scientists of the 20th century.]
DEATH-1942 June Quarter death registration-
Name: Blumlein, Alan D.---Age: 38
District: Ross (Volume & Page: 6a & 824)
RAF TFU (Telecommunications Flying Unit)'s Handley Page Halifax Mk II (V9977) aircraft took flight from RAF Deffort, in Worcestershire, to test the RAF's top secret H2S ground mapping radar system. On board was a flight crew made up of seven RAF personnel and four civilian technical experts. A fire broke out in one of the engines, quickly spreading and resulting in the Halifax's crashing at Lower Lydbrook, in Welsh Bicknor, 8 miles south southwest of Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire. All eleven occupants of the aircraft perished in this accident; the prototype H2S was also destroyed.
The eleven casualties were-
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Aircraftman 2nd Class Bernard Charles Frederick BICKNELL,
Civilian Alan Dower BLUMLEIN,
Civilian Frank BLYTHEN,
Civilian Cecil Oswald BROWNE,
First Pilot Pilot Officer Douglas John DAVIES-BERRINGTON,
Flight Engineer Leading Aircraftman Brian Douglas George DEAR,
Flying Officer (Honourary) Geoffrey Spencer HENSBY,
Observer Flight Sergeant Gavin MILLAR,
Second Pilot Flying Officer Algernon Michael PHILLIPS,
(Attached T.R.E.) Squadron Leader Ronald John SANSOM and
(Attached T.R.E.) Pilot Officer Clifford Edward VINCENT.
~A. D. Blumlein, inventor and pioneer in the fields of television and radar, lost his life in an aircraft accident, whilst testing radar equipment (the aircraft was equipped with an H2S system, the first airborne, ground scanning radar system). During the Second World War, Blumlein was secretly working on the development of the H2S airborne radar system; many historians believe that this system shortened the war's duration.
~But because of the intense secrecy concerning his military research, Blumlein's 1942 death wasn't announced until three years following the tragic crash. Adding to that, the secrecy which surrounded the important work of his final years, Blumlein's enormous role in technological history went relatively unnoticed until 2016, when a blue plaque was installed at the site of his former home in Ealing, London. And in 2017 audio inventor, Alan Dower Blumlein, was posthumously awarded a Technical Grammy (this Special Merit Award is presented by vote of the Recording Academy's National Trustees to individuals who have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording).
~Alan Dower Blumlein is one of the many civilians of the Commonwealth whose deaths were due to enemy action or scientific military research during the Second World War; the names of some 67,092 are commemorated in the Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour, located near St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey, London.
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