11-15-2009, 03:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Insuber
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A funny fact, related by Brian Kingcome, was that the first radios were shortwave, and one could tune them in flight, so Kingcome used to tune on the BBC channels to listen to a popular songs program during the long and tedious convoy escorts ... all that ended at Brian's scorn, when VHF sets with fixed frequencies were fitted in the planes ...
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Insuber
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Hence my comments about Vera Lynn.
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