[Milsurplus] Looking for info on WWII USN TX

[Roger Basford]

Hi Ed,

I'm not sure if the Doolittle Radio Inc was run by Jimmy Doolittle. When I 
did a search for the company I got a few hits on other gear they'd made in 
WWII, principally VHF antennas for fighter aircraft like the P-51 and the 
Spitfire. I've seen one or two on eBay. Of course, there was a heap of hits 
on the Tokyo Raid too but I think there is, or was, a chain of radio 
stations in the US run by someone with the same name, and a pop group!

73,

Roger, G3VKM


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Zeranski" <ezeran at concentric.net>
To: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>; "Roger Basford" 
<roger at new-gate.co.uk>
Cc: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 6:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Looking for info on WWII USN TX


> >
>>> 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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