[Milsurplus] 1942 aircraft radio installation photo

[Michael]

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> The Bureau of Aeronautics made the Smith & Wesson "Victory" model .38 the

> only sanctioned pistol for Navy and Marine Corps aviators in the 1942-1943

> time frame. 

Hmmm ... learn something new every day.  Thank you; I was unaware of this.

> Which not to say that he didn't carry a M1911, a lot of pilots carried all
kinds of  
> unsanctioned weapons -especially in the S. Pacific and on some of the  
> central Pacific islands.

What can I say.  While a stickler for tradition, the Navy isn't known for
always following orders quite as well as hoped.  Or, more accurately, some
members of that service - which would include the Marine Corps - tend to be
creative regarding that subject.  We're just a wild & crazy bunch of folks.
:-)

> It was our first inclination was to put a non-firing replica M1911 in that

> stateroom, because in TEXAS' after action report for Operation Torch is an

> account of one of TEXAS' aviators strafing a German motorcycle w/sidecar  
> with his M1911 after his two .30 cals ran dry. 

Yep, that would be Navy.  :-)

> Of course this is the same  
> pilot that disable three German tanks and flipped another tank on its roof

> with a depth charge -which allowed an imperiled Army infantry company to  
> hold their tenuous position.

A depth charge is a bomb of sorts so it makes sense.  Which leads me to a
question.  I always thought they were triggered by pressure depth but this
makes me think it's more of a timer.  Which is right?

Best regards,
 
Michael, WH7HG BL01xh
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