Airplane Tie clip / Vintage Navy Reconnaissance silver tie bar / military Squadron / mans jewelry / aviator gift / mens gift

The story of the Navy’s airborne electronic reconnaissance squadrons began in the great global struggle of WWII. Just as it was a war of destructive, or “hard kill” weapons, it was also an electronic or “soft kill” war. Sir Winston Churchill recognized the latter and termed it the “Wizard War”.
Even before entry into the conflict, America recognized that a combination of the military, civilian industry and scientific communities was urgently needed to conduct research and development for the electronic war. The need became a reality when President Roosevelt directed the creation of the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC) in June 1940. In turn NDRC formed the United States Radiation Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology four months later. Since the U.S. had very little information on radar development in Japan or Germany, the radiation laboratory was tasked with development of U.S. radar, as well as countermeasures for enemy radar systems.
The Navy became directly involved in the soft kill solution only four days after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, when a preliminary meeting was held to discuss formation of a U.S. organization devoted solely to the development of radio countermeasures. In short order a formal conference was held between the Navy and NDRC resulting in establishment of the Radio Research Laboratory (RRL) within the Radiation Laboratory at MIT. From these beginnings came the first intercept receiver built for airborne use, the P-540, which later evolved into the SCR-587 and finally the APR-l.
Although considerable progress had been made by the British in their “Wizard War” in Europe by early 1942, there were no serious studies of enemy radar in the Pacific. But the fortunate capture of a Japanese radar system on Guadalcanal caused great interest and effort to be expended on electronic reconnaissance in the Pacific Theater.

The first US. Navy airborne electronic recon missions were flown from Guadalcanal in 5th Bomb Group B-17Es in late 1942. Photo courtesy of Fred Johnson.
Meanwhile, the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) at Anacostia had been involved to some degree in radar and radio experiments since the 1920s. By 1942, NRL’s efforts had resulted in the production of a few crude crystal-type intercept receivers suitable for airborne use. These receivers, designated XARD, had a frequency coverage of 50-1,000 MHz. In a crash program to get a Navy airborne electronic reconnaissance capability to the Pacific, six radioman petty officers were selected to attend a two-week cram course on the new XARD system in September 1942. These men had just completed the Radio Material School near Anacostia. After their training on the XARD they were formed into a detachment designated Cast Mike Project NR 1 (Cast Mike for countermeasures) and, with their new equipment, transferred to Hawaii. Two of these men, Chief Petty Officer Jack Churchill as POIC and Petty Officer Robert Russell, soon departed Hawaii for the Pacific War Zone. The Cast Mike team arrived at headquarters, Commander Air South Pacific, on Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Islands in early October.
The mode of operation at Espiritu Santo for the Cast Mike team was to “hitch hike” themselves and their experimental electronic recon- naissance equipment on any aircraft large enough for the “extra bag- gage”, and whose mission profile was generally compatible with that of conducting reconnaissance.

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♥ Maker: unknown
● Material: silver plate
∆ Size: see photo
◘ Weight: ( based on other cufflinks in comparison) medium
♦ Condition: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> very good

Because these are vintage estate pieces and are vintage and possibly pre-worn so they are not considered new from the factory…..  Please see photos for any wear or light surface scratches that come with age.☺………………. Sold as is and priced accordingly..  All cufflinks ( unless otherwise specified)  are considered costume jewelry. We don’t polish these previously owned well loved pieces so we can keep the original patina. We try and photograph all of the pieces next to a ruler so you can see the actual size. All jewelry sold as found.

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December3 2017