In 1941, beginning before the U.S. entered WW-II, I served as a volunteer in the Civilian Technical Corps (CTC), an organization sponsored by the British Air Ministry. I served in Britain as a technician in the the highly secret CH (Chain Home) early warning Radar system.

I am working with the  "WW-II Historical Radar Archive", located in Scotland, to contact as many as possible of the people, military and civilian, who served or have information about someone who served,  in order to record their experiences and information about the stations at which they served. Finding such people has been very difficult.  As an example, at present (2005), I know of only one other living person who served. 

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To read the brief resume of my CH experience that I submitted to the archive, click on the link below. If you have any questions, please contact me. Thank you.

Jim Farrior, ex CTC Member #149

Jim Farrior's CTC history: jf.ctc.history.htm

"My WW-II Experiences by James S. Farrior"

This well illustrated book was originally written to document my wartime experiences while in the CTC, but it has been expanded to include my wartime experiences in the American Merchant Marine. The download file is a self-extracting zipped file that contains the WORD file. The file is suitable for printing or for viewing on the monitor.

This book is one of the four books on the "Books by Jim Farrior" download page.   The following link will take you to that page.

About Ian Brown's paper, "Civilian Technical Corps"

Very little information about the CTC can be found in the public records. What can be found deals mostly with management problems while saying little about the contributions of the many CTC volunteers who at considerable personal sacrifice performed technical services at a time when the need was critical.

Mr. Brown has searched the previously available material, and with my assistance he has obtained additional information and documents through contacts that have been established with some surviving CTC members, as well the widows and other family members of deceased members. To the extent allowed by the still limited information, and the space limitations, Mr. Brown has prepared what he believes to be an accurate and balanced, but brief, account of the CTC. Some additional information has been found since his report was submitted for publication. The search continues, and he expects that in the near future he will write a more comprehensive paper based on an even larger body of information.

If you have any information relating to the CTC, even if only a small amount, please contact me or Mr. Brown using the E-mail links previously given. Thank you very much.

Jim Farrior (CTC Member #149)

Read Ian Brown's CTC paper

Don't fail to visit the excellent CTC Web Site belonging to Dave Martin, the son of Ed Martin (CTC  Member #314).  While there, click on the link to the "CTC Recruitment Pamphlet".

Dave Martin's Web Site:  http://www.dmmartin.net/ctc.html

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