[ARC5] YG,ZB question or two

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 1 Jul 2011 at 9:46, jcoward5452 at aol.com wrote:

> Folks,
>  Did catapult launched float planes from cruisers use the YG/ZB system
>  to return to their cruiser? Thanks,

Another question or two: did carrier pilots rely soley on the YG/ZB 
system to return to their ships, or were they well enough trained and 
equiped to return at least to the vicinity without it?

Were there very many pilots who were lost because of failure of the 
system?

Why is so little known about its use? Before becoming a member of 
this list, I had never heard of it.

Since radio silence was such a critical part of naval operations in a 
war zone, was radio silence routinely broken to talk pilots home?

Ken Gordon W7EKB