Pacific Eagles Database

Device type Airborne surface search
Platform Aircraft
Nation United States
Designer
Manufacturer
Production
Wavelength 50cm
Frequency 600MHz
Peak power 50000
Pulse rate (PRF) 400Hz
Antenna Twin Yagi
Scope J-scope

Images

Curtiss Helldivers SB2C-1C (Bureau Number 18543) circa 1944.

Two planes in flight. Note: two 20mm guns in wings; two 30mm guns in aft cockpit; white bar on fin indicates the planes are from USS YORKTOWN (CV-10); rake-like antenna beneath wing is ASB search radar.

Three TBF-1Cs

Of VT-32 from USS LANGLEY (CVL-27) swing over Oahu, 16 January 1944.