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Thanks to rootchats and you who helped me tracing different leads to confirm many facts.

As far as Villa Psiagon I can confirm that though I still looking for official documents, a next door neighbour who is now 88 years old, told me that when he was a Admiralty Constabulary Sergeant he used to drive his Superintendent every morning to Villa Psaigon, the Super picks a sealed box with cypher messages and deliver it to Lascaris Ops Rooms.

The bases of the wooden masts to mount the antenna are still visible, one on each side of Villa Psiagon.

Hi Bill and everyone,  it was my pleasure to get involved in as much as I am finishing the last parts of my research about the Early warning System which was used by the British Forces in Malta during WWII. 

Thanks to this system and the servicemen and civilians who gave their utmost in the most difficult conditions a lot of lives, both servicemen and local population were saved by the efficient Air Raid Warnings which gave enough time for people to go to shelter, while the rest braved the enemies either in sky or on the ground.

Due to this I feel obliged that I will put this history with as much details as possible into print, as up to now only parts and sometimes with slight deviation from what actually happened is recorded in the public media.

So if anybody can help me by providing as much information as possible either directly from experience or through memories of their loved ones, so that I will be able to make a complete picture as much as possible.

I am making this project for no material interest at all except to give due recognition to those who through their duties served not only their country but also my country, Malta.


Tony Abela (Major)

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

Hi Lilly377,

I am 'ninton' who blogged just before you.

I am currently building up the complete history of WWII Radar in Malta and I am very interested to find more information straight from the horse's mouth. So if you can contact me on my email or otherwise and pass me some memories of your father, such as his full name and the names of the workmates he remember and any interesting episode during his service at Dingli Cliffs 504 AMES I will be more than grateful.  My aim is to put on record those men and their wartime contribution who served on radar duties in Malta during WWII>

Thank you

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.