[ARC5] ATC Radio Use

[J. Forster]

I didn't realize the ASB was being deployed that late.

-John

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> I recall being astonished when I looked at a preliminary flight manual for
> the SB2C-5 Helldiver and finding that it had the ART-13 transmitter.  That
> seemed like such a huge radio for a 2 seat airplane that I figured it had
> to be a mistake.  But it turns out that it did indeed have that set and I
> think it probably was the first to use it.
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>>From the Profile Publication on the SB2C:
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> "In the Spring (of 1942) Curtiss-Wright was informed that 3000 additional
> SB2C's would be ordered for the Navy....  Meanwhile radar (ASB), IFF
> (ABD/ABK), and new radio (ATC and ARB) installations were designed and
> mocked up for approval."
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> The Profile pub says that in April of 1943 the first unit deployed with
> the SB2C, VB-17, going to sea on the USS Santee, ACV-29.
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> So the first deployment of the SB2C was indeed in April of 1943.  First
> combat was from the USS Bunker Hill on 11 Nov 1943.
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> If anyone want a copy of the SB2C Profile Pub, I have it in PDF form and
> can e-mail it to you, about 4.3 MB, or can tell you where to find it on
> the Internet.
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> Wayne
> WB5WSV
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