[ARC5] TBD Radios

[k0ng at windstream.net]

Hi Bob: I recently resubscribed to "ARC-5" so nice to see your comments again.
Do you know what the "emergency frequency" was or did it vary by region??
I am speaking of HF Frequencies here.

73, DE Charlie, K0NG (ex Air Force F86D and F-102 4 years, then Airborne and 
Ground Radio Equipment Repairman) Now collector and user of Mil Radios.

---- Bob Macklin <macklinbob at msn.com> wrote: 
> 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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