EE-8 field phones for re-enactment
As a little summer project, I bought this set of EE-8-B field phones and put them to the testForget the SCR-536/BC-611 “Handie Talkie” you always see in the movies. These things never work when you need them, they require a custom-built 90v battery (!), the range is only a mile or two, and telecommunication laws in Europe prohibit the use of them anyway.For fun re-enactment bring in the EE-8 field phone! It only requires 2 D-cell 1,5v batteries and the range of 11 miles is more than you’ll ever need. And all perfectly legal.And yes, paratroopers did use them a lot.Read the full instructions to test and use the EE-8
Hello, I have multiple sets of these in various working condition as I fix them up.
How did the paratroopers jump with these? I “assume” in a leg bag? Do you have any official knowledge / evidence of this? I have an event coming up and would like to be able to pass more information in regards to paratroopers specifically jumping with and utilizing these EE-8 radios.
THX, DAVE
Hi Dave, I do have photos of paratroopers using these field phones (for example in Gen. Mc Auliffe’s headquarters in Bastogne), but not of paratroopers jumping with them or of the phones being attached to their parachute harnasses or anything. I’m sure that if that were the case, these phones would fetch much higher prices online and at shows than they do now. Also because they are so easy to fix up and operate for reenactment. I have a lot of books on ww2 paratroopers and I’m pretty sure that none of them has any photos of the kind you have in mind. Only of the phones in use in the field. Kind regards, Wouter