[ARC5] PBY-1 Radio Question

[Phillip Carpenter]

A PBY-5 (VP-54) went missing after leaving San Diego on a flight to NAS Kaneohe, Hawaii on December 16, 1942.

Phillip

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> On Jul 28, 2016, at 5:53 PM, Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Back in high school one of my teachers had been a US Navy aviator before and during WWII.  He told us of an curious incident he recalled very well, where a PBY disappeared in clear weather within sight of shore, off the coast of San Diego.  Based on some limited research the aircraft was most likely a PBY-1 and the loss occurred in August of 1937.
>  
> Does anyone know what kind of radio equipment that aircraft would have had and if it would have had more than one radio transmitter?
>  
> Thanks.
>  
> Wayne
> WB5WSV  
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