[ARC5] Radio Equipment installed in Grumman F6F-3 at NMNA

[Michael Bittner]

Well then, obviously these 1956 Bearcats did not go to Vietnam.  However, 
they were finished in French markings.

I assume that by that time, all of the training Bearcats had some sort of 
channelized UHF equipment for normal tower and tactical communications, and 
no ARC-5s.

Mike, W6MAB


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
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> That's right. I did not remember the exact month.
>
> Bob Macklin
> K5MYJ
> Seattle, Wa.
> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gene Smar" <ersmar at verizon.net>
> To: "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment."
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>
>> Mike:
>>
>>     If you're referring to the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, that occured in
>> March - May, 1954. http://www.dienbienphu.org/english/ .  FYI.
>>
>>
>> 73 de
>> Gene Smar  AD3F
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Michael Bittner" <mmab at cox.net>
>> To: <kgordon2006 at verizon.net>; "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio
>> equipment." <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; <WA5CAB at cs.com>
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>>
>>> On the F8F Bearcat; While stationed at NAS Corpus Christi in 1956, I
>>> observed the Naval Overhaul Facility there cranking out "like new" F8Fs
>>> for
>>> the French.  I assume most of these wound up in smoking holes in Vietnam
>>> before the French pulled out.  The rest of the Bearcats were used as
>>> transition trainers for student pilots destined for the Douglas AD.  The
>>> AD,
>>> later called the A1 also played a roll in "The Bridges at Toko-Ri".
>>>