On Sun, 17 May 2009 10:02:23 -0500, "Beachcomber"
wrote:

Right now the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola is restoring two
Dauntless SDBs that were recovered from Lake Michigan.
One is in parts and being prepared for the restoration. I've taken a bunch
of pictures of it. I have a question about antennas under the wings. Both
wings have what look like tv antennas, df antennas or simple yagis. It
doesn't look like the antennas rotate. Are they DF or navigational
antennas? Who wants to be first with the correct answer? Oh, it's not an
exam to be graded. I sure don't know the answer and won't be grading the
replies.

Here's a picture of one of the two antennas, Tom


They are most likely antrenna for a RADAR called ASB. If that is what
they are then they did swivel within limits. However there is an
outside chance that they could be for an AN/APA-48 homing
installation. Though this set was comparatively rare so I think it
rather unlikely.

Waldo.