[ARC5] Today in History

[Mike Hanz]

On 12/7/2014 10:28 PM, Phillip Carpenter wrote:
> My father flew in a PBY-5A during WWII. Does anyone know what Command Set radios were used on that plane?

The compliment of comms gear as a snapshot in time (roughly early 1943) 
is shown on the first page of 
http://aafradio.org/docs/Navy-radio-gear-1943.pdf on my website, Phil.  
The problem with a blanket question like the one you asked is that 
nothing was really static during the war, and equipment was replaced on 
a regular basis as the war went on.  So, by early 1943, the command set 
was an RU/GF set.  There's a good chance  one of the RUs was replaced by 
an ARB later in the war, possibly with an ATC at some point for liaison 
service, but I can't give you a date.  The RU/GF worked fine for plane 
to plane and plane to tower use in patrol service which tended to be 
solitary missions, so it's unlikely it was replaced by one of the ARC 
products - they went primarily into smaller combat aircraft.

73,
Mike  KC4TOS