[ARC5] [Milsurplus] WWII Aircraft Sets Installed In Boats.

[Robert Downs]

In case no one answered ether question, I have nothing on C-10. But PE-143-B and -C is gasoline powered generator with 4-cyl L-head electric start engine driving a 28 VDC generator supplying 17.5 Amps.  This is per TM 11-223  Dtd April, 1945.

I'm inclined to agree in it being 9 SCR-287's.

Robert Downs


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Subject: [Milsurplus] WWII Aircraft Sets Installed In Boats.

For those who asked for the documentation on SCR-287, -274, -522 etc. installed in Rescue boats in the Pacific (these guys near New Guinea).

Excerpt:
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     It was obvious to everyone that Lt. Sanders was loaded with everything
     his crew could possibly handle, but it was not until he submitted this
     list of completed installations that we realized the real size of his
     project:  In nine boats they installed 18 ea SCR-287 Liaison Sets;
9 ea
     Radio Compass, SCR 269G, 9 ea Radio Sets, SCR-522 (VHF), 9 ea Command
     sets, SCR-274N, 9 ea Radio Sets, SCR-695 (IFF), 9 ea Radio Sets
SCR-578
     (Emergency 500 KC Transmitter), 5 ea Power Plant, C-10, 1 ea Power Plant
     PE-143.  If the reader knows as much about radio as the writer he will
     probably look blank and say quietly "Well, Well."
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I think the "18 SCR-287" in 9 boats is likely a mis-count based on the "two part" (-375. -348) set?  Two -287s would take a lot of room.

Anyone have insights into "Power Plant, C-10"
and "Power Plant PE-143"?

Full document text attached.

GL OM ES 73 DE Dave AB5S