[MRCA] Other little known facts

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See "The Outcome" pages 492-494.

Dennis D. W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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On Jan 21, 2011, at 5:15 AM, D. Platt wrote:

> OK... I have a poser for all.  A couple of weeks ago, on the East  
> Coast
> OMRN, the Travis-Johnson (sic) radio was discussed.  I know the Forest
> Service used the set before the war and its a fairly large one.  Fair
> Radio has one for sale.  I seem to recall that, in the Signal Corps
> history book set, the AAF drafted some of them for airfield comms in  
> N.
> Africa, bypassing Signal Corps procurement.  The AAF was known for not
> wanting to always go along with some regular Signal Corps procurement
> channels and this may be one example.  I've been poring over the three
> volumes of the set of books but have not re-discovered the entry.  Can
> any of you history buffs help out?
>
> Regards
>
> Jeep - K3HVG
>
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