[ARC5] [Milsurplus] Keys, mikes,and headsets question

[Mike Hanz]

  It's a slippery slope, Jay.  :-\   You can get sucked in pretty fast.  
I tried to answer most of your question on my peripherals page at 
http://aafradio.org/flightdeck/Peripherals.html but I didn't address the 
key question, because to my knowledge the J-37 and 26003A were used for 
most Army and Navy front line aircraft in WWII.  At least that's pretty 
much it from the Erection & Maintenance Manuals for the aircraft that I 
have perused.  That makes for a rather short web page. :-)   There were 
some holdovers from the 1930s in training and backwater aircraft that 
still used older sets like the SCR-183 (which used the venerable J-5 if 
a key was used at all), but those were anomalies as far as I can see.

73,
Mike  KC4TOS

On 9/16/2010 9:16 PM, jcoward5452 at aol.com wrote:
>
> Hello Groups,
>   Has anyone made up an easy reference with a listing/chart of "who used what" for radio accessories in Army and Navy aircraft in WWII? I sort of have an idea by the numbering systems in use by each service.
>   For instance the XXX-26003A is a Navy key used in aircraft.Was it used elsewhere? And what was the correct Army Air Corp key? Was it the same or was it the J-38 (?)? I would think that the AAC would have a flame proof key or did they deem it "to late" if that situation ever arose? Ever been in a B-24 Liberator? In the radio room,and yes it's big enough to get around in without bumping your head too many times, there are two fuel gauges on the rear facing bulkhead and these "gauges" are glass tubes full of high octane avgas. It would not take much to set this into a catastrophic inferno. I've also heard that the B-26 Marauder was a match stick waiting to be lit,but don't know the details.
>   Thoughts? Memories?
>    Jay KE6PPF