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Re: Amelia movie
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2009 Nov 17, 11:33 -0800
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From: Lu Abel
Date: 2009 Nov 17, 11:33 -0800
Thanks for the info!! The "WW II" list shown on the site is indeed
the one I remember. And it looks like it didn't come into existence
until well after Erhart's flight.
Lu
glapook@pacbell.net wrote:
Lu
glapook@pacbell.net wrote:
Check out the phonetic alphabets at this web site: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq101-1.htm The 1927 alphabet remained in effect until 1938, Earhart disappeared in 1937. gl On Nov 17, 9:23 am, Lu Abel <lu...@abelhome.net> wrote:My father was in the US Navy during WW II and the Korean war. I remember as a child going through some of his memorabilia. One item was a deck of cards with signal flags on one side and a phonetic alphabet on the other side. The phonetic alphabet was far different than the 1927 one quoted by Gary. I remember Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox. Looking at Wikipedia's article on Military Phonetics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonetic_alphabet_%28military%29), I find the 1952 RAF alphabet closest to what I remember. But I believe my dad's card deck used "Int" (as in "interrogatory") for "I" and used something different for "N," "O," and "T" (can't remember what, though). So I have to wonder whether the phonetic alphabet used in 1937 was indeed the one from 1927 or had been changed. glap...@pacbell.net wrote:Did anyone else notice the radioman on Itasca calling Earhart, who's call sign was KHAQQ, as KING-HOW-ABLE-QUEEN-QUEEN when this phonetic alphabet had not yet been invented in 1937? The proper usage, based on the 1927 Navy Bluejackets Manual, should have been KING-HYPO- AFFIRMATIVE-QUACK-QUACK.(This is where the name Station Hypo comes from for the the navy's code breaking station in Hawaii in W.W.II.)gl
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