[ARC5] NASM B-26 Flak Bait Restoration - Radio Procedure

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 4 Jun 2015 at 13:17, mstangelo at comcast.net wrote:

> Does anyone know the liaison radio procedure used during a WW2 bombing raid?
> 
> Did every plane in a squadron or did the squadron leader, or his backup, report
> the relevant events such as a course change or bomb release?
> 
> If multiple planes did report back what type of roll-call procedure did they
> use?
> 
> Some of the bombing missions involved hundreds of planes. I cannot envision
> every plane reporting every event except in emergencies.

My understanding is that no, none ever reported back. It was simply too 
dangerous and too prone for interference.

I have read somewhere that sometimes an operator would "modify" the 
settings of his BC-375, and key it so that there would be a very pronounced 
"yoop" sent once as some sort of indication that the plane was still flying.

I have no idea how this was implemented though or how that identified any 
particular airplane.

I am sure there is someone here who knows the details.

Ken W7EKB