RAF Jacka Radar Station Portloe

On the headland known as The Jacka above the fishing village of Portloe on the south Cornish coast are the remains of a World War Two radar station which housed Chain Home Low and Types 31 and 52 Radars. Please be aware much of the site is on private land although public paths criss cross near by enabling you to see a fair bit. The music is "Get in your shelter" by Arthur Askey.
Anyone who knows more detail of the history of RAF Jacka please leave a comment.

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[mudws]

Great pictures! My father, Lt. Sanger B. Steel, an American, commanded this station from January-March 1943 after training at RAF Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk and RAF College, Cranwell, Lincolnshire. In March he returned to States, and then to radar work in Aleutian Islands, Alaska. He told me one night at "Jacka in the Mud" the German planes flew over, and one of his NCOs said, "I do hope they don't shoot, or we'll be fillin' out forms the rest of the bloody night!"

[PhilsTeleTime]

@mudws Awesome. I don't suppose you have any photos of his time in Cornwall. For obvious reasons there don't seem to be too many wartime pictures of the Cornish radar stations around. Thanks for the comments and sharing his memory.

[spirrol1]

My family are portloe born and bred and i allways thought a german bomber crashed right next to RAF Jacka can anyone tell me if that really happened x thanks

[marka214]

0.57 ops block

1.11 standby set house

excellent video