1944 C-15A-Wire-5 Restoration

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

Thank you Grant , thank-you Chris, very very usefull information.

One bag , aerial gear Canadian with content then .

I have all of the content in your list and the masts in both sizes , 20 ' and
34 ' .

Now the aerials , long wire . I have a box full of them , the longest being

260 ' in lenght no less !

What was a set of these comprised of and in what were they carried ?

I have no idea where they were carried, possibly in the Bags, Aerial Gear, or in a cupboard somewhere.

The set appears to be:

Aerial 70-ft No.1
Aerial 90-ft No.1
Aerial 110-ft No.1
Aerial 150-ft No.2
Aerial 185-ft No.1
Aerial 250-ft No.1

The frequency ranges that they can be used on are marked on the wooden board winders.

Later on these were replaced by the Aerial, 100-ft, No.5 which had insulators and shorting links to allow a range of frequencies to be covered.

The Canadian equivalent was the Aerial, Horizontal, 140-ft, 4-section, No.C1 for the WS52. I have two versions of this, an unissued one on the wood/metal drum winder with chain-link insulators, and a second one on a steel frame winder that looks to be American - this came in a kit with different antenna stays and the insulators for the aerial are separate strings of glass shells with a clip at each end. I'm not quite sure what to make of it.

Chris.

[Jordan Baker]

Packing list for the 34' antenna mast kit.

[Jordan Baker]

Every item pictured.

[Robert Bergeron]

Thanks again Chris great information.

AWESOME Jordan ! Thanks.

A while ago ,there was a discussion about two studs in a recess on the left side of the box . Location indicated by red arrow in first and second pictures.

WHAT are they for ? DC current for the No 19 set on the table in the penthouse ? Field Telephone connections ?

Anyway, i fabricated a cover for the recess today. A small step towards completion. My friend Richard had mailed me a small door that we tought would be the one but it did not fit.

A nice addition to the tool and jerrycan lockers indicated by red arrow again : padlocks.

[rob love]

Robert

Might I suggest the Corbin Canada padlocks that Dirk Leegwater has available from LWD parts. A little pricey at 20 Euro each, but totally authentic. He has some that are keyed alike, although I think I ended up with 2 or 3 different keys in the set I bought for my carrier.

Although the military had a real habit of going through padlocks like drinking water, I was still finding a few of these kicking arond even in the late 80s.

[Robert Bergeron]

Great idea Rob , thanks .

[Robert Bergeron]

Hey Jordan,

I've got all the gear in your list and picture assembled.

Not showing the vehicle mounting brackets because they are on the vehicle !

Thanks again Jordan for the great reference !

Happy New Year.

[Alex van de Wetering]

This is actually the Polish 1st Armoued Division in Bergen op Zoom, there is a Cromwell and Crusdader AA in the pic.

Lance, are you sure? There are multiple pictures of vehicles at the Bergen op Zoom square that are clearly marked Canadian(?). Or, are you suggesting that only the AA-tanks are Polish?

bergen%20op%20zoom%20(2).jpg
https://www.saak.nl/battlefield%20to...zoom%20(2).jpg

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https://www.saak.nl/battlefield%20to...oom%20(16).jpg

Source: https://www.saak.nl/battlefield%20to...recht%20nl.htm

Alex