[ARC5] A.R.C. engineer visit to COMAIRPAC, Pearl Harbor Dec 1942

[Mark K3MSB]

>>You have to wonder what the problem was with the homing system
they presumably had

Hi Wayne

>From "From the Flight Deck - an Anthology on the Best Writing on Carrier
Warfare" -- Page 105:

"We had YE in those days, but I don't think the ship had it on.  There was
a concern that it might be a beacon for the Japanese and bring them in.  We
knew they had the code, and they also had some captured equipment they
could home in with."

The above referenced VF-10, USS Enterprise, at the Battle of Santa Cruz in
October 1942

Another possibility was the altitude.  YE/ZB needed altitude commensurate
with distance to the carrier to be effective;  I have a few books that
mention this with altitude numbers but can't get to them right now.

73 Mark K3MSB


On Mon, Sep 10, 2018, 9:13 PM Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Interesting document!
>
> It brings to mind a book I recommend to everyone, "The Unknown Battle of
> Midway.  It describes what really happened in that battle.
>
> The F4F Wildcats from the USS Hornet that escorted the carrier's SBD dive
> bombers turned back when their fuel got too low to continue.  They were
> unable to find the carrier and all ditched.  You have to wonder what the
> problem was with the homing system they presumably had.  Were they too
> busy talking on the radio to use it?
>
> The Enterprise F4F Wildcats accidentally followed VT-8, the Hornet's TBD
> torpedo bombers, instead of their own.  Unlike the rest of the Hornet Air
> Group, VT-8 broke off on a different course and found the IJN fleet. But
> the Enterprise F4F's were not on the same frequency as VT-8 and as a result
> circled the IJN fleet until they were too low on fuel to continue, and then
> finally announced they were over the IJN and were breaking off to head
> home.
>
> Wayne
> WB5WSV
>
>
> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> Virus-free.
> www.avg.com
> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient>
> <#m_3355862653612063034_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
> ______________________________________________________________
> ARC5 mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arc5
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/arc5/attachments/20180910/92f3859e/attachment.html>