[ARC5] BC-611 Air to Ground

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Robert Eleazer wrote:
> I finally found a reference to a BC-611 being used to talk to an aircraft in 
WWII.  I have wondered for some time if this was ever done, for FAC or SAR 
purposes or whatever.
>
> A guy was parachuted into deepest Burma to rescue a downed pilot.  The C-47 
that dropped him then dropped a bunch of supplies, including what must be a 
BC-611, based on the description.  He was able to talk to the airplane, which 
was circling over his position.  Presumably the C-47 was using SCR-274-N.




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There's a 611 used in 'Objective Burma', Errol Flynn 1945, you know the one where the Americans para into Burma to rid it of those pesky Jap's.  
Oh, wait, wasn't that the 14th Army, the British 14th Army, the 'Forgotten Army'? And not one of them had a BC-611.


Ben.