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Engine noise on aircraft has always been a problem, specifically on combat
(non-passenger) types. On some aircraft, you can tell which position a person is sitting at by how much engine noise bleeds over to the ICS. Even something as small as a B-25 has noticeable engine noise and high freq tones bleeding over when you key the ICS, so I really can't see how a crew aboard a Lanc could use their normal speaking voices and be heard. As for the technology of noise-canceling microphones in 1943, I think its implausible that a Lanc would be fitted with a system equipped with such microphones for every member of the crew - I agree with the guys who feel this is a studio-done, or studio-cleaned-up, product. I don't doubt that the dialogue came primarily from a Lanc crew, but its too clean! Think of what its like in a WWII bomber - you can barely hear yourself think. The drone of those Merlins would be present on the recordings no matter what measures were taken to screen them out - it would be like recording a dialogue aboard the "Maid of the Mist", and somehow screening out the sounds of Niagra Falls, a few feet away. How likely is that? My hunch is that the BBC guys did fly along on the mission, did record it, and brought it back and (at a minimum) cleaned it up before broadcast. Next, I'd like to hear a recording of the Reichsjägerweile - the "running commentary" radio broadcasts that occurred over Northern Europe during massive Allied raids. Once the EW stations were overwhelmed, the Lulftwaffe ground controllers switched to this commentary to tell units where and how the battle raged - "Many trucks over Dortmund, heading Southward at 7,000 meters; at fifteen after the hour, Christmas trees and duppel were dropped over Hanover for what appears to be a feint attack. All aircraft in sector FA are ordered to land for refueling and await further orders. Pfadfinder reported dropping flares on Osnabruck in advance of a strong raid..." etc. Hour after hour of the details of a strike, from the enemy perspective. I think it would be highly interesting to hear, but as far as I know, there are no recordings available...? v/r Gordon ====(A+C==== USN SAR Aircrew "Got anything on your radar, SENSO?" "Nothing but my forehead, sir." |
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