My late father was an Aviation Radioman 2nd with VPB-84, and flewinCatalinas during ww2.  He didn’t talk much about the radios. 

Mark D. 
WW2RDO

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On Dec 1, 2025, at 5:53 PM, Tim <[email protected]> wrote:


Speaking of PBY pilots, I worked with a WWII PBY pilot. (Nick Broderick).  He told me the PBY took off, cruised, stalled and landed ALL at 95 knots.  hihi
Tim
N6CC

On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM Hubert Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
Not that it matters, but PBY pilot's name is Francis Yonker. He was moving to FL and was lightening his collection. That's where i bought my second ATB. 

I wish i had interviewed Don Johnson,  author of a couple books with titles like 'Everything You Wanted To Know About Mobile Hamming' back when Worldradio magazine was still extant. He had flown as radio op on the 'Black cat' PBY attack bombers in the Pacific WW2. I am retired now, but our schedules still don't match. I have the time now, but he has gone. A cousin of mine was actually Funker on a U- Boat, but when i was around him, i was too young to think of many questions. Oh well. My brother went to Germany and stayed at cousin's house, but he didn't ask questions like Detective Miller ( as i have been called ) would have.
-Hue Miller



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-------- Original message --------
From: Hubert Miller <[email protected]>
Date: 11/30/25 16:48 (GMT-08:00)
To: [email protected], "'milsurplus@mailman'" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [ARC5] PBY Radios

My previous post named Frederick Chesson as the source of my ATB. It struck me minutes later, this is an obvious error. I may find the pilot's name later, more likely not  but i'm sure he has since gone on to another plane of existance.
-Hue Miller



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