[ARC5] Lady Be good

[Jack Antonio]

Not saying this is so, just supposin' here.....

*IF* the C-47 had an AN/ARC-5 receiver in it, such as an R-23, then the 
BC-453
from the B-24 would have been a suitable replacement.  More likely it 
was a BC-453 in the C-47.
I think it it is probably safe to say that complete SCR-274N 
installations did not exist
as late as 1960, although BC-453s remained in use.

The only other communications gear that comes to mind that could have 
been replaced
would have been the BC-348.  I wouldn't be surprised to find that the 
B-24 had a BC-375 and BC-348
(SCR-287)and the C-47 had an AN/ART-13 and BC-348(AN/ARC-8).

Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4



On 4/30/2011 7:45 PM, Robert Eleazer wrote:
> I read some time back that when the C-47 landed next to the B-24 with the USAF team to examine the Lady Be Good that one of the radios in the aircraft failed and was replaced with one out of the B-24.  And it worked perfectly.
>
> The article described the raido that was replaced with one from the B-24 as an ARC-1.  That seems to be very unlikely.  They probably meant to print "ARC-5" and were in reality describing an SCR-274-N.
>
> Legend has it that every aircraft that used parts salvaged from the Lady Be Good later crashed.
>
> Wayne
> WB5WSV
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