[ARC5] TBD Radios

[Bob Macklin]

Actually the man in the rear seat was the RADIO MAN and doubled as a GUNNER.

But in normal circumstances the only the radioman in the lead aircraft used 
the liaison set.  The other radiomen only used their liaison radios in a 
emergency.

The emergency procedure was to send the SOS three times, send the aircraft 
ID three times, and send the position three times. Then close th key and 
jump. This was done on the emergency frequency.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Eleazer" <releazer at earthlink.net>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 5:15 PM
Subject: [ARC5] TBD Radios


> Looking in my Squadron book on the TBD, I see that while no radios are 
> visible, in the rear (gunner's) cockpit there appear to be mounts for 
> radios.  Visible is a mount marked "Type CRV-23057 Control Box" and 
> another marked "Type 26003-A Trans. Key".
>
> Also a loop antenna is clearly visible just in front of the gunner's 
> position, which is called "radioman/gunner".  And there are no radio 
> controls visible in the middle cockpit, which is called the "Assistant 
> pilot/bombardier's cockpit."
>
> So it appears that the gunner doubled as a radioman in the TBF and had the 
> radio controls.  The third man in the middle, supposedly left behind when 
> VT-8 went on its mission at Midway, was a bombardier, operated the Norden 
> bombsight in the belly, which was not needed for Torpedo attack.
>
> Also, I found I have the pilot's manual to the Curtiss SBC4 biplane dive 
> bomber, and it has a pretty good picture of the forward section of the 
> gunner's cockpit that shows the "GP radio."  If anyone wants a copy I 
> could e-mail it, but it is almost 4MB.
>
> Wayne
> WB5WSV
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