[Milsurplus] Asheville NC Radio Museum looking for proximity fuse for display

[gfsmith]

 Along with the Atomic Bomb and Radar, the Proximity fuse was one of the 3 technical developments that won WWII. For anyone interested in the development of the Proximity Fuse, please read "12 Seconds of Silence" by Jamie Holmes (Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/Seconds-Silence-Inventors-Tinkerers-Superweapon/dp/0358508630 ). Very very readable, it goes into great detail of not only the development of the fuse but also the impact of its development and the impetus of the after war missile development. Few people realize the massive damage that was done to London by the V-1 Flying Buzz bomb and even fewer know how the proximity fuse stopped the V-1 cold in its tracks.
73, Gordon KJ6IKT

    On Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 07:59:28 AM PST, Brian Harrison <briankn4r at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 
Sending this at the request of the Curator of the Asheville NC Radio Museum. If anybody has one, knows where one is, or might know someone who does, please let Stuart know.
stuart.smolkin at gmail.com
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Would you, or any of your contacts, know where I might be able to obtain the proximity fuse from a WWII artillery shell (diagram below)?
I've recently come to understand the incredible significance of this prox fuse to the war effort and I would like to put one on display, showing the miniature electronics (especially the tiny vacuum tubes).
This may be a very difficult item to obtain, but I appreciate any suggestions you may have.
Thank you!

Stuart Smolkin, Curator
504-256-5796stuart.smolkin at gmail.com
https://www.avlradiomuseum.org/the-beauty-of-radios




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