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Re: DEFE3/12 help needed with text in VL1796
Hello Andy,
To my eye it looks like:
"PILOT OF [a] FW £ FW ONE NINE NOUGHT OF SECOND GRUPPE SUGAR FOUR REPORTED ON TWENTIETH NOVEMBER, ACCORDING INFORMATION OF TWELFTH ON APPEARANCE OF AN APPARENTLY NEW DEFENSIVE WEAPON. ACCORDING TO OBSERVATION THREE CYLINDRICAL OBJECTS CONCERNING WHICH WERE FIRED UP IN FRONT OF THE ATTACKING AIRCRAFT. A CONTAINER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE AIRCRAFT, THERE WAS A VIOLENT SHOCK, AIRCRAFT REMAINED CAPABLE OF FLYING. ON LANDING SCRATCHES WERE DISCOVERED ON PROPELLER AND WINGS --- APPARENTLY CAUSED BY A TWISTED WIRE. WING WAS BADLY KNOCKED ABOUT. A BRAKE CABLE OF THE UNDERCARRIAGE WAS BROKEN AND ONE UNDERCARRIAGE FAIRING TORN OPEN."
best regards,
Jim
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