[Milsurplus] SCR274N and BC375/BC348

[Bob Wilder]

After a long talk with a former B-17 pilot with 35 combat missions over 
Europe in WW2, here is what he said about the command and liaison radio 
sets aboard.  The pilot used the 274N radios for communications between 
aircraft in the flight.  The liaison radio was used for strike reports back 
to England.  This was on CW and was only usable from the radio 
position.  He also stated that they DID NOT have any VHF capability on the 
B-17, so the idea that there was a B-17 over the channel with SCR-522's as 
a repeater does not apply for bomber flights.  It was not until late in the 
war that the B-17 got the ART-13.    Hope this puts everything to rest.

Bob Wilder, AF2HD/AFA2HD
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Theodore, AL 36582-4036
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