[Milsurplus] D Day Comm

[Hue Miller]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Klase" <skywaves at webex.net>
To: "B. Smith" <smithab11 at comcast.net>
Cc: "milsurplus" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] D Day Comm


> Gang,
> 
> I also saw the program Marty mentioned.  They interviewed an 
> airborne vet who told a story of using his radio to call in 
> naval gunfire on a "nebelwerfer" battery. (That's the 
> six-barreled rocket launcher, a.k.a. screaming mimi.) They 
> showed stock footage of a guy with a BC-611.  I think we're 
> all pretty sure this wasn't the radio on this mission.
> 
> The real question is what sets did these guys jump with on 
> D-day, and what arrangements did they have with the navy?

Now, are you quite sure the BC-611 was NOT in on this?
I have seen 1, maybe 2 photos of GIs sitting in the C-46's (?),
paratroops, with one holding a BC-611. I do not know how it
was otherwise fastened to the jumper's body.
Local fellow in Seattle had a BC-611 he found as a youngster
in Holland - discarded after another campaign, Arnhem, because
the antenna was broken. It bore added camoflouge paint. Nice
toy for a boy to find in a ditch and bring home, along with the
armed bazooka he took home, and fired.
-Hue Miller