ROBERT Watson-Watt is one of who Scotland's greatest war heroes, yet few know his name. Now the Scottish scientist is set to finally get the recognition he deserves as a new film depicting his life is to be released. He is one of Scotland’s unlikeliest wartime heroes. But Robert Watson-Watt is, by any definition, one of the most important figures of the 20 century. Mostly because without him it would be a very different story. In the years before World War II, the Brechin-born scientist invented radar, the aircraft detection system. His device was able to warn of invading German squadrons and give the numerically inferior RAF a decisive advantage over Hitler’s Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain...
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