[ARC5] ARC-5/SCR-274N radio photos in B-17 available

Clare Owens clare.owens at gmail.com
Tue Nov 2 12:16:51 EDT 2010


OK, me too, please.  My curiosity is rising...  Sounds like the machine
gunner was using the older B-17 radio operator's ceiling mounted gun.  Read
about that in "The Savage Sky" - good read.

Thanks,

Clare Owens  N2RJB

On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 1:41 AM, Bill Pileggi <wpileggi at juno.com> wrote:

> I was reviewing some newsreel footage of (supposedly) the WWII B-17 raid on
> Schweinfurt, Germany (the ball-bearing plants/factories) when I caught a
> quick look at some radios in the background. I backed up and looked at it
> frame by frame. The footage emphasizes a machine gunner in the B-17
> (foreground), and as he moves around, the radios are clearly visible in the
> background. There are 3 frames (in focus) and that's what I made copies
> of...I have the 3 frames as .BMPs. If anybody would like a copy, please
> email me. I save photos like this, you might, too? Bill KA3AIS
>
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