About the authors

Jack Tully-Jackson

In 1942 Dublin born Jack Tully-Jackson then a member of the A.T.C. and residing in Portrush. Northern Ireland volunteered for flying duties with the R.A.F. This frustrated teenage airman was directed to front line R.A.F. Electronic Listening Stations in South East England.

In January 1944 Jack was a member of a selected group of R.A.F. Regiment Airmen posted to R.A.F, Macmerry, East Lothian to be the R.A.F. element of "Fortitude North" deception controlled by M.I.6 from Edinburgh Castle in support of D. Day preparations designed to confuse the "Abwehr" into believing that an invasion of Norway was imminent. At the end of hostilities this R.A.F. Unit proceeded to the Norwegian Arctic to take charge of Luftwaffe Airfields.

On return to civilian life Jack settled in Haddington and for the past 30 years has become well known for his involvement in the production of Audio-Visual Programmes of local interest. This publication is the result of one of these projects.

Ian Brown

Ian Brown has been studying the history of the Second World War since the age of five, some 21 years ago. lan has spent the last ten years researching the history of radar in Scotland and has amassed an extensive archive of thousands of photographs, documents and personal accounts. Through his work for the Historical Radar Archive, lan has become the acknowledged authority on wartime ground radar in Scotland and northern England and has given a number of lectures to national and local organisations.

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