[MRCA] Fw: Korean war PRC 10 photo

[Mike Morrow]

Tim wrote:

> Well, we know that the GRC-9 was used for Naval Gunfire Support in Korea,
> probably extensively.

That's possible...but that doesn't require HF comms from ground to aircraft.

> They are a USMC Tactical Air Control Party.  Possibly with a C-47 or maybe
> a 119 as an airborne command post?  B-29?  I believe ARC-8's were around on
> HF AM in those A/C well into the 1950's....This battle was in 1950.

I saw an AN/ARC-8 still in USAF service in 1970, on a T-29.

The USN didn't use many AN/ARC-8 sets unless the aircraft had been earlier in
USAF service.  The USN equivalent was the post-WWII AN/ARC-25 (combo of the
AN/ART-13 and AN/ARR-15).  I doubt that liaison sets were often used
for local ground support coordination.

The USN did have the AN/ARC-2 in service at the time of the Korean War.
It was intended to be a HF-command-set-all-in-one-box unit, but actually
lived its service time as a low-powered (!!) pseudo-liaison set in some
smaller multi-engine USN and USCG aircraft.

> Merrills Marauders in the WWII Pac used HF extensively to coordinate
> air support, especially logistics support for airdrops so I wouldn't
> count that out entirely.  SCR-284's and SCR-536's, pretty much all they had.

No real argument here with WWII-era.  Korean War era is decidedly different.

73,
Mike / KK5F