{"id":34894,"date":"2018-11-18T08:22:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T12:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=34894"},"modified":"2018-11-18T08:22:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T12:22:48","slug":"contribute-equipment-to-restore-an-authentic-wwii-b-17f-heavy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/contribute-equipment-to-restore-an-authentic-wwii-b-17f-heavy\/","title":{"rendered":"Contribute equipment to restore an authentic WWII B-17F heavy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SSGT Roland Downs adjusts the radio mast on Heaven\u2019s Above (42-97328, 388BG) [Photo source: Hangar Thirteen]<\/p><\/div>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Charlie Liberto (W4MEC), who shares the following:<\/p>\n

Perhaps you could post somewhere a general call for anything WW II related that went into a B17F.<\/p>\n

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This website: http:\/\/hangarthirteen.org\/<\/a> under the ‘Parts Drive<\/a>‘ menu, lists the many things that will be sought after for the next few years. There might be those who monitor your site that have some of this just stored away, not knowing what to do with it or what will happen to it.<\/p>\n

Ray is basically taking what was remaining, inspected, and approved as air worthy from this ditched plane, and building the aircraft to hook all the pieces together.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

WOW! What an amazing project, Charlie!<\/p>\n

I must say, Lucky Thirteen is in good hands.<\/p>\n

Hangar Thirteen has chosen the best vintage radio restoration expert for the job! I’ve known Charlie for many years and not only is he an expert at restoring vintage gear, but he’s passionate about WWII era Signal Corps equipment. He brought my BC-348Q to life<\/a> and patiently showed me how to align it. He also restored my Minerva Tropic Master<\/a> and helped me fix the 3rd band selection on my beloved Scott Marine SLRM<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Charlie, I’ll certainly keep an eye out for the these components when I visit hamfests and will contribute anything I find or might have tucked away.<\/p>\n

Post readers:<\/strong> If you happen to have any items needed in their list, please consider contributing it to the project and help this B-17F eventually have a fully-functional radio position. Of course, Hangar Thirteen is also in need of other aircraft parts–click here to check out that list<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ve copied and pasted (below) the list of needed radio components at time of posting. Please check out the Hangar Thirteen website<\/a> for the most up-to-date list:<\/p>\n

BC-347 Amplifier
\nBC-366 Jack Box x8-10
\nPE-86 Dynamotor<\/p>\n

FT-161 Beacon Mount<\/p>\n

BG-81 Bag<\/p>\n

BC-433 Radio Compass
\nBC-434 Compass Control Box x2
\nBK-22 Relay
\nI-81 Pilot\u2019s Compass Indicator<\/p>\n

BC-442 Relay
\nBC-451 Transmitter Control Box
\nBC-456 Modulator (with DM-33 Dynamotor)
\nFT-220 Receiver Rack Mount
\nFT-221 Receiver Shock Mount
\nFT-222 Receiver Control Box Mount
\nFT-225 Modulator Mount
\nFT-226 Transmitter Rack Mount
\nFT-227 Transmitter Shock Mount
\nFT-228 Transmitter Control Box Mount
\nFT-229 Relay Mount<\/p>\n

BC-306 Antenna Tuning Unit
\nBC-461 Trailing Antenna Control
\nF-10 Trailing Antenna
\nFT-107 Dynamotor Mount
\nFT-115 Liaison Transmitter Mount
\nFT-151 Liaison Transmitter Mount
\nFT-142 Antenna Tuning Unit Mount
\nFT-154 Liaison Receiver Mount
\nJ-37 Tuning Key
\nPE-73 Liaison Dynamotor
\nRL-42 Antenna Reel
\nTU-5 Tuning Unit (1500-3000)
\nTU-6 Tuning Unit (3000-4500)
\nTU-9 Tuning Unit (7700-10000)
\nTU-22 Tuning Unit (350-650)
\nTU-26 Tuning Unit (200-500)<\/p>\n

BC-778 Transmitter
\nBG-155 Bag
\nM-278 Balloon x2
\nM-308 Signal Lamp
\nM-315 Generator Canisters x2
\nM-357 Kite
\nM-390 Parachute
\nW-147 Wire<\/p>\n

Please contact Hangar Thirteen if you can help.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Charlie Liberto (W4MEC), who shares the following: Perhaps you could post somewhere a general call for anything WW II related that went into a B17F. This website: http:\/\/hangarthirteen.org\/ under the ‘Parts Drive‘ menu, lists the many things that will be sought after for the next few years. There might […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3,43,4796],"tags":[1424,6877,7428],"class_list":["post-34894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-vintage-radio","tag-b-17","tag-charlie-liberto-w4mec","tag-hangar-thirteen"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-94O","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48215,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/1940-when-sears-roebuck-sold-a-wide-array-of-radio-gear\/","url_meta":{"origin":34894,"position":0},"title":"1940: When Sears Roebuck sold a wide array of radio gear","author":"Thomas","date":"March 17, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Charlie (W4MEC), who shares a PDF of the 1940 Sears Roebuck Co. catalog section featuring a wide array of radio gear and test equipment. 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