Echoes from the Sky (Signed copy)
Signed by Richard Scarth, the story of acoustic defence on the Kent coast
Author
Richard N Scarth
Publisher
Hythe Civic Society, Hythe, 1999
Printing Details
First edition, card covers. 21 × 14.5cm. 268pp.
Signed and dated by Richard Scarth directly to the title page.
A detailed illustrated history of England's acoustic defence system between the wars. The majority were on the South Coast around the Hythe and Romney Marsh areas, and were huge concrete domes (known as mirrors) that reflected distant sounds of enemy aeroplanes, and from this sound the distance could be calculated. They preceded radar and some remain today as rather brutal but beautiful structures.
Condition
This copy is in very good condition.