[Milsurplus] 1942 aircraft radio installation photo

[radioman390 at cs.com]

No, you're wrong. Later in the war the OSS decided that if the functionality of the on-off switch were reversed, any radios that fell into enemy hands would cause confusion and give the Allies the upper hand (it did, and we won the war. See!!!.)

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On Aug 15, 2010, at 6:15 PM, mac wrote: 
> In the WW2 Radio News Signal Corps issues, for example, there   
> are Signal Corps provided pictures of GIs intently listening to   
> BC-312s and other radios that are clearly turned off. 
 
 
Perhaps it was necessary to protect our sensitive power switch technology from  
exposure to unfriendly eyes during wartime. ;-) 
 
 
 
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