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Re: Amelia movie
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2009 Nov 17, 09:50 -0800
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2009 Nov 17, 09:50 -0800
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 Abelwrote: > 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 > > -- NavList message boards: www.fer3.com/arc Or post by email to: NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList+@fer3.com