Equipment - Bendix Transmitter, "Gibson Girl" radio

Physical description

Squat yellow transmitter used in emergency life rafts carried by aircraft on flights over water. Shape enabled it to be held between knees to crank generator to provide signal. known as the 'Gibson Girl" radio because of its waisted shape. ("Gibson girl " was a marketing image of a woman with a curved waist).

Inscriptions & markings

RA (Crown emblem). A.F. Indent No. Y11OD/500320.

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