Very scarce genuine WWII US BB-54-A battery to power the AN/PPN-1 beacon transmitter receiver.
3 of this battery was needed for the beacon transmitter receiver.
Excellent condition, dated October 1943 with its genuine cardboard box.
Description
The Rebecca/Eureka transponding radar was a short-range radio navigation system used for the dropping of American and British airborne forces and/or their supplies. It consisted of two parts, the airborne transmitter and its antenna system (REBECCA), and the ground-based transponder (EUREKA). REBECCA calculated the range to the EUREKA based on the timing of the return signals, and its relative position using a highly directional antenna. The "REBECCA" name comes from the phrase "Recognition of beacons". The "EUREKA" name comes from the Greek word meaning "I have found it!".
This system was developed in 1940 in the UK at the Telecommunications Research Establishment by R. Hanbury-Brown and J.W.S. Pringle.
This type of beacon was particularly used throughout the Second World War by American and British pathfinders to mark drop zones. Only the AN/PPN-1 beacon was used during WWII, and is undoubtedly one of the rarest items to be found.
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