[Milsurplus] Gibson Girl

howard holden holden7471 at msn.com
Fri Dec 26 13:50:15 EST 2025


Interesting! At the NJ Naval Museum/USS Ling in NJ (when it was still afloat), we found a Gibson Girl and put up a display around it. No idea if subs carried them, but it sure would have made sense.
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Here's an interesting article on how the Gibson Girl radios came to be deployed. It took a crash involving a general.

                       Joe Connor

https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-17/41-2403.html
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