[ARC5] AN/CRC-7 and Gliders

[Robert Eleazer]

Only one glider per tug aircraft.  Most tugs could barely manage the one.  But there were different sizes of gliders.  The ones used in Europe were the US Waco CG-4, and the British Horsa and Hamilcar. The Hamilcar was the largest and used for vehicles.

The Germans tried taking two BF-110 fighters and towing one very large glider.  This produced one large fireball.

I do not have manual for the B-29 but I looked at the manuals for the C-54 and C-69 and did not see any CRC-7 mentioned, just the Gibson Girl.

Interesting thing.  For the C-54 they listed the SCR-274-N (for which they had 3 receivers and 3 transmitters),  the SCR-522, and a BC-348 with either a BC-375 or ART-13.  They also say that the ARC-3 replaced both the 274-N and the SCR-522 in later installations.

For the C-69 they had VHF command as ARC-3, Liaison as ARC-8 but also an HF command set, ARC-9.  They had both VHF and HF command sets, which were operated only by the pilot and co-pilot.

Wayne