Warbird Information Exchange

Just wondering what kind of radios they used were they voice or were they push key type. In the movie Tora Tora Tora Fudida is with voice hand held Mic is that what was used or was something else.

The CAF's Abilene, Texas squadron has a Morse key that was taken from a bomber (Kate or Val, I don't know ) shot down on December 7th.

Back in 2004 an older guy came to their hangar/museum and presented it to them. he said he was aboard a ship and the bomber crashed next to it.
After the battle, he and his friends went to examine the wreck he took the key.

I was at a meeting and they passed it around, having received it a couple of days before.
It had plenty of Japanese characters on the back of the wooden base and was in very nice shape. The key and wood was undamaged.

Again, I can't vouch for the old sailor's story, but if true, at least the bombers used push key transmitters.

I have no idea how rare the item might be.
It would be interesting to do some research on it with Japanese equipment experts.

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