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SEARCH LIGHTS IPSWICH, SUFFOLK
During WW2 an Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery was used for the detection, location and illumination of enemy aircraft during darkness enabling Gun Batteries to fire at enemy aircraft efficiently.
It took a team of 12 men to operate ONE Searchlight Battery!
Coming to the night skies of Ipswich, Suffolk – The Suffolk Military Show Control Station will recreate this atmospherically jaw dropping spectacular over the Military and Vintage show. A military siren will herald the event on social media as it goes live each night! If you don’t have a personal radar system to signal a potential invasion from the skies, experience the next best thing!
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![Ipswich, Suffolk Search Lights](https://suffolkmilitaryshow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Radar_and_Electronic_Warfare_1939-1945_H28386-500x400.jpg)
![Ipswich, Suffolk Search Lights](https://suffolkmilitaryshow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/The_Auxiliary_Territorial_Service_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939_-_1945_H36315-500x400.jpg)