[Milsurplus] WWII Japanese VHF?

[Dan Cox]

I've seen interviews with his fellow pilots on the history channel, they 
said he did it so I believe 'em.

Hue Miller wrote:

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>> From: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
>> Another thing to keep in mind are the stories of Pappy taunting the
>> Japanese into coming up for a fight when he flew over their fields, by
>> calling them over the radio. For the longest time I thought this was
>> just hype from the TV series, but recently saw a program with several
>> members of his squadron relating stories. One story was of Pappy
>> calling them to come up and fight, with them obliging. So if you can
>> determine what gear they were using in his squadron, you can at least
>> determine with some certainty if they had and used VHF. Considering
>> the size of the gear and limited space of the fighters, it seems
>> unlikely they carried a lot of mixed gear.
>> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ
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> Todd, the problem i see with this is, we don't know whether they came 
> up because
> their manhood was challenged by his radio taunts, or whether they just 
> came up
> to attack because it was their job anyway. This sounds a bit too 
> movie-like, not
> him making taunts, but an actual "A causes B" response to it. Sounds 
> like a John
> Wayne movie. -Hue
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