[Milsurplus] ARC-5 data tags...

[Jack Antonio]

Mike and the group

So, could the grinding off of the date, be considered evidence that the unit
actually saw operational service, as opposed to a unit that sat in a warehouse
before being surplused?

Just curious

Jack Antonio WA7DIA
scr287@sbcglobal.net



----- Original Message ----- 
> The US sets you will find most frequently with 
> this modification are those carried by long range Navy patrol aircraft 
> early in the war, since they had the greatest potential for being 
> captured.  Thus, the ARA/ATA, RAX-1, ATC, ATD, GO-9, GP-7, etc. 
> frequently have that section milled or ground off of the tag.  >