The command depended on radar and the Observer Corps warning them in advance, giving them plenty of time to get airborne.
In Fringe after he is removed from the Observer Corps.
Apparently the little blighter had been wandering all over Kent but there was so much mist the Observer Corps kept losing him.
The Observer Corps has a post on the cliffs overlooking the harbour.
On 29 October 1925 the Observer Corps came into official existence.
This led to the establishment of the Observer Corps in 1925.
To this problem, Dowding answered with his Observer Corps.
However many members of the Observer Corps did take an active interest in the subject of aircraft recognition.
Once the raiding aircraft moved inland over England, the formations were also plotted by the Observer Corps.
With fixed antennas facing the sea, the Observer Corps had to be employed to report aircraft movements once the coast was reached.