[Milsurplus] Looking for info on WWII USN TX

[William Donzelli]

> 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!

Doolittle radio was the big contractor for most of the Signal Corps
aircraft remote control devices (flying bomb or otherwise). Link also had
some contracts.

The earliest piece I have seen is a (just) pre-war BC-389-T2 modulator,
part of one of the drone control sets.

William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org