W2LC 1948 Bronx, New York City, NY

The card says it was the 1st "W" contact for G3BPE

WILLIAM J. ROOKE has been named Director of the newly organized Service Department for the Hammarlund Mfg. Co. of New York.
This new service department supersedes the  former repair department and is designed to extend field service to all parts of the country for hams and other users of the company's equipment.
Mr. Rooke, who served as a Lt. Commander in the South Seas during the war, is an old-time ham, having operated his own station, W2LC, in the Bronx since 1921.
He served as commanding officer of a communications unit on Guadalcanal and was responsible for establishing radio transmitting equipment on enemy held islands to guide fleets of navy and marine bombers.
Mr. Rooke made his headquarters at the Hammarlund plant in New York City.
--Radio News, June 1947, p. 34

QSL from the estate of G3BPE
Courtesy of G0GKH
Info from Radio News, June 1947, p. 34
Courtesy of W5KNE