[ARC5] Lend-Lease & SCR-274N

[Dave Merrill]

Good Day Group,

Lately, I've been curious about Lend-Lease materiel supplied to the Soviet
Union during WWII. Over 425,000 vehicles, mostly 2-1/2 ton trucks,
arrived and were essential for logistics support. If Napoleon had access to
ten-wheel drive trucks (and gasoline) we might be living in a
different world, but that's another story.

Eventually I got to the Bell Airacobra P-39 which found great success with
Soviet pilots and accounted for more Luftwaffe kills than any other
US-built aircraft on the Eastern front. Pilots were impressed with the
radio equipment, which as far as I can tell was the SCR-274N.  I wonder how
many sets wound up in Russian ham shacks after the war?

--... ...-- Dave N9ZC
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