[Milsurplus] BC-348Q, R

[William Donzelli]

> I don't believe that the USAAF ever used an AN/ARR-15 anywhere in regular
> service.

Looked at, but not purchased, it seems.

> Also, I have owned four AN/ARR-15s over the years and I have never
> seen any contract numbers on the name plates indicating WWII-era contracts,
> so  I seriously doubt that any were even around to be deployed for any
> regular service during WWII. I think the AN/ARR-15 is somewhat akin to the
> AN/ARC-2 as a late WWII USN design that just didn't make it in any numbers
> to have actually been used in WWII.

The design seems to be from 1942 or 43 - the first contract is probably
NXsa 39133. After that, things get muddy (until someone can nail down
dates to the World War 2 era BuAero numbers).

William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org