[Milsurplus] [Army-Radios] RS-6 Manual supplement ?

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Jim,

Not sure if the RS-6 was part of the B-47 survival kit or not but there
were a lot of them aboard the B-47s stationed at Schilling AFB, a SAC
base, in Salina, KS.  When they de-commissioned the base there were
bunches of the RS-6 components tossed in the 'burn pits' and buried at the
base. I was lucky and got a mostly complete set salvaged from there from a
friend who worked for the company doing the disposal of all the equipment.
 I got lots of avionics, radio and radar sets from the salvage company for
15 cents a pound. Some very sophisticated  communications stuff. Turned
around and sold it to a dealer in New York.

Rod
K0EQH





> RobertI'm not sure that the RS-6 was part of every B-47 survival kit. 
Looking at B-47 flight Manual, T.O. 1B-47E-1, there evidently was no
standard survival kit, it was mission specific.  Interesting that the
survival kit was what the crewman sat on and it had to be purposely
attached to the crewman before bailing out.
> I put together a three page copy of the above Flight Manual which
referenced the survival kit and locations of where other survival gear
was
> stowed aboard the B-47.  This attachment was too big and was rejected. 
If
> anyone wants a copy, contact me off list.  
> Also have the Erection and Maintenance manual, T.O. 1B47B-2, which makes
no mention of the emergency / survival kits, at least what I could find
in
> the extensive index.  This is a large 3875 page manual to help you keep
your B-47 in tip-top shape!
> There were many other emergency items located throughout the crew area
but
> unless one was able to stay with the aircraft, I don't see how one could
take it all with you.  As for crew survival, it seems that the B-47 had
a
> dismal record.  
> Doing a quick calculation, one had perhaps a 25% chance of surviving an
accident in a B-47.  There were 203 crashes (about 10% of all of the
B-47s
> made).  There were 464 deaths due to crashes.  The standard mission had
a
> crew of three.  
> The B-47 aircrews were certainly a group of very brave men, IMHO. Jim
> Too much agreement kills a chat.  E. Cleaver