2125 - Radio Receiver BC348 Q. Boitier en metal. Peinture noire a 90%. Toutes les pieces mobiles sont fonctionnelles. Plaquette marquee Signal Corps US Army Radio Receiver BC348Q, fabrication Wells Gardner Co, datee 1943, numero 7717. A noter une legere usure et patine de la piece. Etat I. Robuste, fiable et relativement simple a utiliser, le BC348 devint l un des recepteurs radio de bord les plus repandus de son epoque. Pendant une periode d environ quinze ans, allant des annees precedant la Seconde Guerre mondiale jusqu a la guerre de Coree, il equipa la plupart des avions de transport multimoteurs et des bombardiers de l US Army Air Forces (USAAF). On le retrouva egalement a bord de certains appareils de l US Navy ainsi que dans des avions britanniques et canadiens. Concu pour la reception des bandes LF, MF et HF dans les avions de grande taille, le BC348 fut notamment installe a bord des B17 Flying Fortress, B24 Liberator, B25 Mitchell, B26 Marauder, B29 Superfortress et C47 Skytrain. Au total, plus de 100 000 exemplaires furent produits. Environ 80 % de cette production fut assuree par Belmont Radio et WellsGardner, le reste etant fabrique notamment par RCA et StrombergCarlson. l un des BC348 les plus celebres est sans doute celui qui equipait l Enola Gay, le bombardier B29 Superfortress qui largua la bombe atomique Little Boy sur Hiroshima, au Japon, le 6 aout 1945. Radio Receiver BC348Q. Metal case. Approximately 90% of the black paint remains. All moving components are functional. Plate marked Signal Corps US Army Radio Receiver BC348Q. Manufactured by Wells Gardner Co and dated 1943. Number 7717. Some light wear and patina to the item. Condition I. Robust reliable and relatively simple to operate the BC348 became one of the most widely used airborne radio receivers of its era. For approximately fifteen years from the years preceding the Second World War through the Korean War it equipped most multi engine transport aircraft and bombers of the US Army Air Forces. It was also used aboard certain US Navy aircraft as well as British and Canadian aircraft. Designed to receive LF MF and HF frequency bands aboard large aircraft the BC348 was notably installed in the B17 Flying Fortress B24 Liberator B25 Mitchell B26 Marauder B29 Superfortress and C47 Skytrain. More than 100000 units were produced. Approximately 80% of production was carried out by Belmont Radio and WellsGardner with the remainder manufactured by companies including RCA and StrombergCarlson. One of the best known BC348 receivers was installed aboard the Enola Gay. This B29 Superfortress dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan on August 6 1945.