Hi , I am doing eveything I can to discover My Grandfarthers past during WW2.His name was Wilfred Savage and I belive he was a cilvilin working for George Kent LTD (Luton , England ) not sure when from but judging on some dates I have 1935 to 1953. My Grandfarther worked on two seperate designs during the war he delveloped system of remotely setting the time fuses of a battery of warheads the warhead itself is approx 30/40cm in length and about 3.5inch in width , its in three sections the top part being a brass cone with a thin tip to it , the second section was to incase all of the timing workings and the third section was the adjustable timing pieace. The way he designed this to work was to go off in two ways one was if it it hit a soild object ( Enemy Bombers in this case ) then the tip would shatter a fire the firing pin underneath and denote the explosive section. The more clever side to his design was the timing piece at the bottom of the warhead as it could be adjusted to any time rate inwhich you wanted it to go off for this he was honoured by being awarded the Britsh Empire Medal.Following this success he devoted his energies to the control of a ground-to-air missile guided onto its target by sound emission.The end of the war in 1945 meant that the weapon never reached its final stage of development but became a very early prototype.
The end of this tale is my Grandfarther died when I was four years old so I have never learned the full story and I have not yet been able to discover anything on any offical about what he did anywhere.I truely hope someone may something to help me learn more about a genious and deeply missed man. Please have a look through the photos I have attached and if anyone knows of what I am talking about or can offer any infomation no matter how small I would love to hear back from you.....Thanks to Spotter who has recommended this site and already sent a reply.
The end of this tale is my Grandfarther died when I was four years old so I have never learned the full story and I have not yet been able to discover anything on any offical about what he did anywhere.I truely hope someone may something to help me learn more about a genious and deeply missed man. Please have a look through the photos I have attached and if anyone knows of what I am talking about or can offer any infomation no matter how small I would love to hear back from you.....Thanks to Spotter who has recommended this site and already sent a reply.
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