[Milsurplus] Gibson Girl Kite

[J. Forster]

I will ask a couple of experts. In the mean time:

http://wftw.nl/gibsongirl/gibsongirl.html

-John

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> We went round and round on these radios on one of the groups some years
> ago.  One person maintained that there was no recorded instance of
> anybody being rescued by using a Gibson Girl.  I don't remember anyone
> refuting this.  Seems odd considering the number deployed.  Does anyone
> have any info?
>
> Al
>
> On 8/11/2012 6:20 PM, Chuck wrote:
>> FYI, My publication on WW2 procurment shows 117,809 "SCR-578, emergency
>> transmitter for survivors at sea, "Gibson Girl".
>>
>> This covers from 1940-1945, with first deliveries in 1942 (13,720)
>>
>> Chuck McClurg
>> N7UVZ
>>
>> Version: 2012.0.2196 / Virus Database: 2437/5194 - Release Date:
>> 08/11/12
>
> --
> Al Klase - N3FRQ
> Jersey City, NJ
> http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
>
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