[ARC5] Airplane radios in tanks

[Robert Eleazer]

Gen Quesda deserves the credit in the ETO but I think the guys who invented the idea of the ground troops talking to the air support directly were the air commandos in Burma.   To quote from the book "Air Commando Fighters of WWII":
"At this point in the war RAF fighters were equipped with VHF radios which could not communicate with the Army's HF radios....  In contrast the Air Commando P-51's were equipped with HF radios, allowing their pilots to communicate directly with RAF parties on the ground ... and .... to call in air stikes with greater accuracy..."

So the 274-N saved the day! 

Also, relative to ground radios in airplanes I now recall reading the pilot's manual for the H-19 and it showed the PRC-10 as a possible communications fit.

Wayne, WB5WSV