[ARC5] 1155

[Mike Morrow]

> Neither was the US involved then except to ferry food, etc. The BC-375/ARC-5 
> TX/BC-348 was aboard when our bombers arrived in mid to late 1942..

There were never *any* AN/ARC-5 sets aboard those bombers.  There were
SCR-274-N sets, and those are rather different from the USN AN/ARC-5.
This is NOT a minor point.

> The ATC was available before that and the ART-13 in 1943 in later B-17's 
> when we got serious about production after working the bugs out.

I'd be interested in your source that documents the presence of the
USN's ATC anywhere in 1942.  I've never seen any manuals dated before
1944.  The design was out, but has anyone any dated pictures that
show an ATC installation in 1943 or earlier?

Regardless, the ATC/ATC-1 was not used by the USAAF.  I've never seen
any documentation for the USAAF's AN/ART-13A in any B-17, -24, etc.  It
doesn't seem to show up until the B-29 shows up in the PTO, late in WWII.

Mike / KK5F