Radio Transmitter BC-459-A, of US Army Air Force & Navy SCR-274N, AN/ARC-5 Command Sets B-57 We've been told that this

We've been told that this was used in a version of the F4F Wildcat fighter

An exceptional find

The manual appears to be complete with hundreds of pages of text

and the left hand switch reverses course 180 degrees

Radio Transmitter BC-459-A, of US Army Air Force & Navy SCR-274N, AN/ARC-5 Command Sets B-57 We've been told that thisThe BC 459 A Radio Transmitter was part of the WWII era US Army Air Force's SCR 274N "Command Set" (also used in the US Navy's ATA ARA and the later AN ARC 5 communication system where it was designated T 22 ARC 5). Frequency range is 7 9. 1 MHz. According to the Airborne Radio Equipment Manual of the Signal Section Air Service Command Dated April 1943, the SCR 274N was used in bombers B 17, B 24, B 25, B 26, and A 20, fighters P 38, P 39, P 40, and P