Original U.S. WWII USAAF Survival Gibson Girl SCR-578 Radio Transmitter Fusee Spring & Cover all guards and general detailed

all guards and general detailed personnel were supplied by the Chinese rather than by Group personnel

Manufactured in approximately

and was completed in September 1944

The liner chin strap is in similar condition

The 11th landed at Bito Beach on the Leyete Gulf in November

Original U.S. WWII USAAF Survival Gibson Girl SCR-578 Radio Transmitter Fusee Spring & Cover all guards and general detailedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition complete WW2 example of the Gibson Girl Radio Set SCR 578. This radio was used on B 17 and B 24 bombers and got its name because their narrow waist reminded people of the young ladies drawn by illustrator Charles Dana Gibson. The Gibson Girl radio set was a hand powered emergency transmitter ruggedly designed for use in a life raft or small boat. Use of the Gibson Girl enabled rescue