[ARC5] ASV radar for a PBY

[Bart Lee]

A late postscript, again, FWIW:

The ASB Navy RADAR nomenclature is NOT self-explanatory, as is ASV for "*A*
ir >> *S*urface *V*essel". Near as I can tell, ASB is: "*A*ir >> *S*urface,
[for] *B*omber

(or not, because it could be just a Navy sequence of letters, as the Navy
seems to have liked to do, perhaps to obscure function).

See:

http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/A/s/ASB_airborne_radar.htm

73 de Bart, K6VK ##

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On Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 8:08 AM <taigh at twinbeech.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
>
> I am helping the American Heritage Museum with their PBY restoration. This
> PBY, Bureau Number 3459, has amazing history from WWII. It was the first
> PBY to sink a U-boat on August 20th, 1942 and is also has the highest
> number of U-boats sank with 3 to its credit.
>
>
>
> The goal is to restore it to the configuration it had on the August 20th
> mission. I learned today (from the battle report) that it had ASV radar
> installed when it sank that first U-boat.
>
>
>
> I know it is a pipe dream but would anyone know if any ASV radar
> components are available? I am also trying to collect any photos showing
> the ASV installation in a PBY. Anything might help.
>
>
>
> The other area we are trying to learn more about is the antenna
> configuration for the ASV. The PBY tech manuals show the ASB in later
> Catalinas but nothing so far on the ASV. Would you know of any technical
> manuals for the ASV that we could get copies of? Sometimes they show
> installations and antenna configurations.
>
>
>
> Is there an ASV guru out there that I could talk to?
>
>
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Taigh
>
>
>
> Taigh Ramey
>
> Stockton Field Aviation Museum
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