North Berwick old Radar
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an old radar station from ww2 called gin head.Gin Head, near North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland, was built by the Admirality in 1943 on a spectacular cliff-top setting. Dozens of scientists worked there trying to intercept communication between enemy destroyers and U-boats during the Second World War. The vital work carried out at the five-acre facility also allowed the RAF to scramble its fighters to scare off attacks from the Luftwaffe. Its greatest success was in developing innovative technology that was used to trick the Nazis into thinking the Allies were planning to invade at Calais instead of Normandy on D-Day. Thanks to the work of the Gin Head scientists countless lives were saved, according to experts. They also masterminded the dropping of bundles of aluminium from planes to reflect enemy radar signals and jam their stations. This technique was dubbed 'window'.