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Radar enabled the RAF fighters to get airborne before they were could be bombed and the ground - and to confront the enemy in the sky.

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Yes, radar and also listening posts helped detect incoming aircraft, but it took fighters to destroy them.

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Q: Did the radar help the British Royal Air Force detect incoming German planes that were bombing England?
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