[CW] Correct key for B-17 WWII bomber?

[Charles Terry Aldridge KM9N]

DR, please take my info with a grain of salt and not as a correction . "Standard Issue" had more to do with government contracts and how/when the contractor got paid than with real life. You are probably more right than I am in the real world. The Colt 45 1911 was not standard issue for privates but "several thousand"  can be seen carrying them in the combat footage. Supposedly there were Lionel J-47s used also. And probably others. 

Charles Terry Aldridge KM9N

> On Jan 8, 2017, at 10:59 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
> Charles, KM9N,
> 
> I'm a victim of misinformation then, as I heard that the J-38 was only
> used for teaching and that the J-37 was used in the field where a lost
> spring could be disastrous as it makes sending nearly impossible,
> while the J-37 had a permanently mounted leaf spring under the lever
> and not a coiled steel spring like the J-38.
> 
> Thanks for the correction.
> 
> 37
> DR
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