Talk:AMES Type 6

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Did you know... that during the Tunisian campaign in World War II, crews carried an AMES Type 6 radar set across a swamp to allow them to spy on Luftwaffe aircraft running supplies into Tunis?

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 00:37, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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AMES Type 6 lightweight radar set

... that during the Tunisian campaign in WWII, crews carried an AMES Type 6 radar set across a swamp to allow them to spy on Luftwaffe aircraft running supplies into Tunis? Source: RAF 2023
- Reviewed: Dani Sanchez-Lopez

Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 200 past nominations.

Maury Markowitz (talk) 17:15, 7 August 2024 (UTC).[reply]

@Maury Markowitz: Please contribute a QPQ, or this nomination may be closed as unsuccessful. Z1720 (talk) 14:32, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A week after this nomination was made, and a reminder ping, no QPQ was supplied. Marking this for closure as incomplete. Z1720 (talk) 19:28, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have been in the bush (literally) since Sunday. I will do this shortly. Maury Markowitz (talk) 11:26, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Done. Maury Markowitz (talk) 11:29, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Full review needed now that QPQ has been submitted. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:44, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Article was created same day as DYK nom and is long enough. Article is presentable, well-sourced and copyvio free. Hook is cited and interesting, QPQ is done. Approving this hook, thank you for your nomination Maury Markowitz! Kimikel (talk) 02:45, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]