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

[Bob Macklin]

FWIW:

On the WWII bombing missions over Germany only the radio operator was 
required to monitor the liaison set. He was responsible for all traffic 
between the group and England.

Most of the other operators never transmitted on the liaison transmitter 
unless the aircraft was going down. Then he sent the SOS with aircraft 
number and best known position just before he jumped. He did not wait for an 
acknowagment!

My Elmer in 1957 was one of the radio operators.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clare Owens" <clare.owens at gmail.com>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARC-5/SCR-274N radio photos in B-17 available


> 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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