wrote:

Richard Larson wrote:
I've been watching Hogan's Heroes reruns and in the beginning they
show
Kinch operating some sort of radio. He's shown turning a crank looks
like.
What sort of radio could that be?

Navy survival kits used to (maybe still do) include a handcrank radio,
plus a key, so shipwrecked sailors could send out SOS messages. I
wouldn't be surprised in B17 crews had similar things.

Hudley Pearse

Hand cranked generators were common during WWII for powering portable
transmitters/receivers. They were similar to an aircraft magneto
generator.

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