Editing Robert Watson-Watt (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Watson Watt Memorial.jpg|thumb|Memorial to Watson-Watt at [[Brechin]] in Angus, Scotland]]
[[File:Radar Memorial PS.jpg|thumb|Memorial to the Birth of Radar, at [[Stowe Nine Churches]], naming Watson-Watt and Arnold Wilkins]]
On 3 September 2014, a statue of Sir Robert Watson-Watt was unveiled in [[Brechin]] by [[Anne, Princess Royal|the Princess Royal]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-29037401|title=BBC News – Statue of radar pioneer Watson-Watt unveiled in Brechin|work=BBC News|date=3 September 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905125339/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-29037401|archive-date=5 September 2014}}</ref> One day later, the [[BBC Two]] drama ''[[Castles in the Sky (TV series)|Castles in the Sky]]'', aired with [[Eddie Izzard]] in the role of Watson Watt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/11076909/Castles-in-the-Sky-BBC-Two-review-a-bit-worthy.html|title=Castles in the Sky, BBC Two, review: 'a bit worthy'|author=[[Jake Wallis Simons]]|date=5 September 2014|work=Telegraph.co.uk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905113311/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/11076909/Castles-in-the-Sky-BBC-Two-review-a-bit-worthy.html|archive-date=5 September 2014}}</ref>

A collection of some of the correspondence and papers of Watson-Watt is held by the [[National Library of Scotland]].<ref name=SCAN>{{cite web|title=Correspondence and papers of Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt|url=http://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/scancatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GB233%2fAcc.9343&st=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=y&tp=y&k=watson+watt&ko=a&r=&ro=s&|website=Scottish Archive Network Online Catalogue|publisher=Scottish Archive Network|access-date=15 December 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225135432/http://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/scancatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GB233%2fAcc.9343&st=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=y&tp=y&k=watson+watt&ko=a&r=&ro=s&|archive-date=25 February 2018}}</ref> A collection of papers relating to Watson-Watt is also held by Archive Services at the [[University of Dundee]].<ref name=Archivepapers>{{cite web|title=Collection MS 228 - Records relating to Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt|url=https://archives.dundee.ac.uk/ms-228|website=Archive Services Catalogue|publisher=University of Dundee|access-date=12 April 2024}}</ref>

A briefing facility at [[RAF Boulmer]] has been named the Watson-Watt auditorium in his honour.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}