[Milsurplus] South America Mil Radio in WWII?

[Thomas Adams]

At 08:24 AM 12/4/2006 EST, you wrote:
>    In a message dated 04/12/2006 13:21:44 GMT Standard Time, 
>arc5 at ix.netcom.com writes: Do you    know someone who would know anything 
>about milradio in South American    nations during WWII?
>Specifically, the frequencies and modes of their    navies
>and supporting naval aircraft.
>Thanks.
>    Did anyone in South America take part in WW2 ? I thought they were all 
>'neutral'   Didn't they all offer 'neutral' ports, ie where German raiders
>could put in  a do repairs !   Ben 


Not everyone was neutral.

Brazil was a VERY active member of the Allied forces.

The Brazilian Navy was gifted a number of older US ships, including
submarines,
which they used in support of Allied operations to hunt U-boats in the south
Atlantic narrows (between the bulge of Brazil and the bulge of Africa).

The US Navy operated from a number of Brazilian airfields along with Brazilian
military aircraft in antisubmarine patrol operations. In addition, the
first US
Navy blimps to operate south of the equator ran convoy escort patrols out of
Brazilian bases.


Mr. T., W9LBB