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

[J. Forster]

I know the issue of a sub spotting a target against a a dusk (and
presumably against a dawn) sky or against city glow was serious. There was
a lot of research on the matter and special reddish paint (Mountbatten
Pink) and lights to illuminate the superstructure were designed.

I don't know how widely they were deployed, however.

Best,

-John

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> During most of WW II, I lived in Oneonta, NY which
> was the location of the central shops of the Delaware
> and Hudson RR. I remember periodic blackout drills
> several times a year.
>
> I also remember an auto trip across NY state to visit
> grandparents in Chautauqua County in western NY state.
> In the middle of broad daylight, we were stopped for
> an air raid drill in the town of Addison, NY for about
> 1/2 hour. This was and still is, a very small town with
> nothing but what were then Erie RR tracks running through
> it. I had always wondered why they were so worried,
> especially when I got older and realized how unlikely
> it would be to have a Luftwaffe air raid in the middle
> of the day!
>
> I now believe it was probably 99% psychological to
> bring civilians into "oneness" with the war effort.
>
> * * * * * * * * * * *
> * 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
> * (Since 30 Nov 53) *
> * k2gkk at hotmail.com *
> * Oklahoma City, OK *
> * USAF, Ret (61-81) *
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>
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>> From: w7kxb at msn.com
>> To: vk2bcu at operamail.com; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 23:54:19 -0700
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Blackout ; Lend Lease and ARC-5's
>>
>>
>> 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 onwhat 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?
>> 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
>>
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