[Milsurplus] Looking for info on WWII USN TX

Ed Zeranski ezeran at concentric.net
Thu Sep 16 01:55:39 EDT 2004


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>> I have a piece of WWII USN equipment here that I have been unable to
>> locate any info for, so it's time to ask the experts. The radio is a
>> GWY-2A AM/MCW TX made by Doolittle Radio Inc of Chicago in 1944

>It is a remote control transmitter, operating
>on 23-28 MC and intended to control an early "smart bomb."
...>73 DE Dave Stinson AB5S

Doolittle as in Jimmie Doolittle?? Back a few years I worked on some stuff
with the 'Aerospace Corp' , I believe started by Jimmie Doolitle.....many
pictures of him in the lobby. They did kind of strange/spookie stuff so
early guided weapons are sure a possibility.

EdZ



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