Wetaskiwin District Heritage Museum Centre & City of Wetaskiwin Archives

The Wetaskiwin & District Heritage Museum is filled with history from all eras. This brightly coloured T1154 aircraft transmitter was used to communicate from above the target area to the base through morse code during WW2. This type of transmitter was manufactured between 1941 and 1950; over 80,000 were made by Marconi’s wireless Telegraph Co at the aeronautical laboratory at Writtle. The T1154 transmitter was paired with the R1155 receiver, they were used in a wide range of aircrafts including the Halifax, Sunderland, Stirling, and Wellington types but they were mainly used in the Lancaster Bombers. Their history and contribution to the war makes them a highly collectable item and we at the Heritage Museum are so excited to be able to have them on display in our War Years Remembered exhibit. Stop by to learn about Wetaskiwin stories and contributions to WW2.