[ARC5] BC-348

[Mike Everette]

The B-18 Bolo was a Douglas aircraft, not Boeing.  It was supposedly derived from the DC-2 transport, but bears a closer resemblance to the DC-3.
I've seen a photo of a radio operator using a BC-224-A aboard either a Martin B-10 or a Douglas B-18.  No date on the photo however.
73
Mike
WA4DLF

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And no one ever mentions the  Boeing built "Bolo" ( I don't remember off hand the "B-#") which at the start of WWII was obsolete but was probably used for coastal anti sub patrol or stop gap lend lease.
 Jay
 
 
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I've seen a number of postings about the lack of broadcast
coverage in the
BC-348 which it is said that they didn't
want the crew distracted. And I'm sure
those comments were
tongue in cheek.

Any aircraft large enough to have a
liason set, also
was large enough to have a radio compass set, such as the
SCR-269 or
its relatives, which did cover the broadcast band. And
I think it
is also safe to say that on a long flight,
the crews did listen to the ball
game or music
to relieve the boredom.

Which leads me to another
question.

What is the smallest aircraft to routinely have a
liason set
installed?  C-47s to be sure, but how
about the Beech C-45?  The B-34 and B-37
(Navy Venturas
in AAF service)? Any of the AT-series trainers used as
bonber
crew trainers?

Jack Antonio
WA7DIA/4
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