RAF AMES 504 Dingli Cliff Malta

[bill247]

Gordon , Just a closer view and the arrow is pointing to the building , In the field beside the building stood RAF No 504 COL DF RADAR .     Also it has the Lattitude and longitude numbers on the top .
        Bill

[gordimil]

Hi Bill. Yes we finally got there together.

Just to broaden your shots out a little, I think this will firmly guide anyone else to the location, that are not quite as intimate with the locality as we now are.

I just hope our search for the HF DF station doesn't take as long.

It's been nice chatting.

Regards
Gordon

[bill247]

Hi Gordon, You are  1 field too far to the right .
 If you Look at the top of your yellow circle , Its the next field on your LEFT .
 Good chatting to you and i hope you have luck with the HF Radio .
        Bill.

[bill247]

Gordon ,  As i said in the last  post if you look at the top of your yellow circle  The Radar stood in the small part of the next field JUST on your LEFT . There is a building beside your yellow circle the Radar was on the LEFT of that building .
   Take Care .
          Bill.

[bill247]

Gordon , This is the map that gives you the RIGHT location of Dad's Radar Unit RAF No 504 Chain Overseas Low Radar Unit at Dingli Cliff Malta .
The RED ( x )  in the picture is the field that according to the Air Ministry Map of that area  which is Dated 22 nd February 1941 .
That is the field that the Radar stood in beside the building which according to Google maps is still in that location today .
The buildings  to the bottom of the picture were the Domestic site ( Barrack huts , Dinning room and toilet block ) and were built in late 1940/ early 1941 and in the 1950' this site was called RAF DINGLI.
      Thanks again for your interest and i hope that you conclude your own research soon .
               Bill.

[gordimil]

Hi Bill. Yup, I can see my error now. Comes from trying to mark it after one has zoomed out. Those fields all look the same from a distance. All the same drab colour.

regards
Gordon

[ninton]

Hi to all contributors on this subject and a special Hello to Bill.

Wants to let you know that I am still working actively on this subject and I hope that in the coming weeks I will be able to the whole configuration of Radar Systems in Malta during WWII.

Presently the information I have from Official records (thanks to Bill and his contacts) is somehow conflicting, but I believe it will converge when the missing links are confirmed.

The sites where Radar Systems were definitely installed in Malta during WWII were Dingli ( the largest complex rather than a site), Fort Madalena at Bahar ic-Caghaq, Fort tas-Silg at Marsaxlokk and Tal-Giordan Lighthouse at Ghasri Gozo.  Later on Ghar Lapsi and possibly Marsascala area  were also used.

At present I can definitely state that the very first installations were AMES 2 COL Overseas using 90ft towers at Dingli and Madalena and possibly tas-Silg and later complemented with RDF Units. While at Dingli and Madalena the towers are still in place, at tas-Silg I can vouch that there were no such towers at least since 1961.

I will keep you posted and hope to put everything on record when I have the whole puzzle solved.

[ninton]

Sorry that on my previous post I did not identify myself.  I am Major Tony Abela, served with RAF(*Malta) Jan 1961 - March 1979 and with AFM April 1979 and Sept 1999.

[Lilly377]

Hi Bill
My father served in Malta RAF AMES 504 from October 1940 for 3 years during the siege of Malta. He thinks he served in the same unit as your father and almost certainly knew him. My fathers name is Ron, and would be very interested to know your fathers name.

Many Thanks
Anne