[ARC5] Blackout ; Lend Lease and ARC-5's (OT)

[Geoff]

>From various sources the East Coast docks from where the convoys were loaded 
were under blackout conditions once U boats were regularly spotted.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Smith" <vk2bcu at operamail.com>
To: "ARC-5 List" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2012 4:37 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Blackout ; Lend Lease and ARC-5's (OT)


> Thinking more about this, (how far distance you could see the
> working lights in a ship-yard) I figure my memory is completely
> wrong here.  It would be difficult to see the sun two hours away
> (due to the curve of the earth).   It's good Henk isn't here,
> he'd box my ears for mis-quoting him.  Then I WOULD be sorry.
>
> 73
>
> Les
> [1]vk2bcu at operamail.com
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 7, 2012, at 11:54 PM, Bill Harris wrote:
>
> Les:
> Can't say what went on in California but, in Seattle WA, we had
> blackout drills  every now and then. Air Raid Warden would let
> you know if he saw any light emitting from your abode.
> The Russian Lend Lease program ran until (about) 1949.  It was a
> giveaway of about Nine Billion dollars worth of so called "Aid".
> A book titled "from Major Jordan's diaries" by Maj. George R
> Jordan USAAF,  gives a pretty good eye opening account on
> what went thru the "Pipeline" , during his watch, between Great
> Falls, MT; Fairbanks, AK and Russia,  during WW2. Ton's of HF/VHF
> gear. Maybe we can find some NIB ARC-5's from there?  Winking
> smile
>
> Cheers
>
> de Bill-w7kxb . .
>> From: vk2bcu at operamail.com
>> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 15:46:49 +1000
>> Subject: [ARC5] The comms war - VHF & HF (a bit OT).
>>
>> Hello list,
>> Some-one with a better knowledge of history may be able to
> correct me on
>> the following point.
> This point is illustrated well by my now-gone friend,
>> Henk Bias. He was a Dutch pilot. He made the point that the
> Americans
>> were so confident they would never be attacked that they took
> no effort
>> at black-out. He told me it was normal when flying "in" to see
> the
>> lights about 20-30 minutes or so before landing. In contrast,
> he said
>> there was so much dock-yard lighting in California (this would
> be tramp
>> steamer "liberty ship" assembly) that the west coast cities
> (ship-yards)
>> were visible for about 2 hours from a B-17 before he landed. He
> made
>> that specific point.
>>
> I understand Britain survived because of
>> US agricultural production and cross Atlantic freight in 20k
> tonne
>> liberty ships. Ditto for Russia. I have seen list of material
> supplied
>> to Russia. USA supplied 5 million pair of army boots to Russia.
> That's
>> a lot of leather, and a lot of feet. So US industry (and
> science) was
>> able to focus more energy on developing technology.
>>
> l
>
> References
>
> 1. mailto:vk2bcu at operamail.com
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