[ARC5] [Boatanchors] [Milsurplus] SCR-274N in B-25 - Aircraft versions

[Bob Macklin]

I made an error in my comment. It was the late B-25s that the radio operator 
moved the waist compartment.

I was in a SAC wing in the mid to late 50's. We had KB-29s. The radio 
operator was just rear of the pilot

The command sets were not adjusted in flight (other than remote receiver 
tuning) so it did not really matter where they were put. The radio operators 
use of the liaison set was mostly by CW.

On a bombing mission the radio operator of the lead aircraft would listen 
for a recall or target change while on the way to the target. After the 
target was bombed the radio operator of the lead aircraft would send the 
strike report.

The radio operators of the other aircraft were there incase the lead 
aircraft was shot down.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Hanz" <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org>
To: "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment." 
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Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] [Boatanchors] [Milsurplus] SCR-274N in B-25 - Aircraft 
versions


>  On 9/28/2010 6:47 PM, Bob Macklin wrote:
>> In later [B-29] models the radio operator moved to the waist compartment.
>
> Bob brings up a point that I try very hard to remember, but occasionally
> forget.  It all depends on the date of the airframe being discussed, and
> it behooves all of us to be sensitive to that fact.  It is somewhat akin
> to software revisions in today's parlance.  There were so many blasted
> changes in some of the combat airframes that a dozen different
> statements about any particular aircraft may indeed be correct - for a
> given point in time.  Interestingly enough, there was an evaluation of
> the efficacy of the avionics suite aboard the B-29 in 1944 that
> recommended just that sort of change in the location of the radio
> operator.  It evidently wasn't acted upon until after the war.
>
>   - Mike
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