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VT FUSE · 12th Aug 2018, 1:01 pm

Given the near identical case and use of US derived miniature valves this is spot on for REBECCA 2, also used aboard D day troop landing gliders, the PTFE valve holders of the McMurdo type fitted are just about the earliest implementation that I have seen, in more widespread use from 1947 on.

Of course, I stand ready to be corrected...

Quick edit-had this not been test set equipment but instead the airborne TX,then it would have carried the HE demolition charges to be blown by crew/operator
in the case of aircraft being downed to ensure that an enemy would be denied a working complete example in case they should use it to devise jamming countermeasures or copying as a whole.

12th Aug 2018, 1:01 pm	#8
VT FUSE Hexode Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Malvern, Worcestershire, UK. Posts: 344	Re: Is this a Rebecca unit ? Given the near identical case and use of US derived miniature valves this is spot on for REBECCA 2, also used aboard D day troop landing gliders, the PTFE valve holders of the McMurdo type fitted are just about the earliest implementation that I have seen, in more widespread use from 1947 on. Of course, I stand ready to be corrected... Quick edit-had this not been test set equipment but instead the airborne TX,then it would have carried the HE demolition charges to be blown by crew/operator in the case of aircraft being downed to ensure that an enemy would be denied a working complete example in case they should use it to devise jamming countermeasures or copying as a whole. Last edited by VT FUSE; 12th Aug 2018 at 1:14 pm.