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Two Types of Radios

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Two Types of Radios

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Primarily you took the dit dah which I do, morse code, and that was primary, probably number one. And then we took a certain amount of radio in terms of understanding how to operate a transmitter and receiver. And there was two transmitters, two types to be trained on and some of the bombers were equipped at that time with those. There was an 1154 and a 1155. That was the numbers, and anyone that sees this remembers will agree, that’s what they were, and there was a 1034 and a 1035. They were real old, but that was the transmitter and receiver. So we learned how to operate them, you had to, there was like a little dial that scoped in like a radar later, and when you, I can’t remember the term, but you’d receive a message and in order to transmit on that channel you had to work dials here to bring this cone right into the centre and when that cone came in there you knew that you were on the receiving channel and you could send out your code. These were all training exercises, but at a later time it would be put to good use.
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Mr. Thorne describes his training, in particular on the two types of radios used by the air force.

George Thorne

George Thorne was born in North Sydney, Nova Scotia on July 26, 1924. He was the youngest of twelve in a blended family. His father was a magistrate and later became editor of the North Sydney Herald. After his dad became ill, Mr. Thorne delivered newspapers to help support his family. He was a Chief Petty Officer in the cadets which lead to his enlistment in the Royal Canadian Navy, but he later opted for the Air Force, signing up for air crew. Mr. Thorne trained as a wireless air gunner, and then as a wireless navigator with the intention of crewing on Mosquito fighters. The war ended before Mr. Thorne was deployed overseas.

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Video
Owner:
Veterans Affairs Canada
Duration:
1:31
Person Interviewed:
George Thorne
War, Conflict or Mission:
Second World War
Branch:
Air Force
Occupation:
Wireless Air Gunner

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