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I RI the piltt .1 P-47, !a."756~ OIl a night flo.. st&ti. 106 tt G1W'DII,.I.land trr the purp.e ot ia"ltlgat,iOD ~ accidGt wb1ch tcClU'ld .t tblt aiJo.dr .. m~lmg lilt (1) .t thil .tati~: Id.rcratt. .

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. '!'he ab•• 11rcrllt,. pUot Major P.y.~lUliallS cruhed'on .landing ..airfield. strip surface ·.in.8l1ppel1. nine· to a 'beaV' &n:. .~ -r- .. ;.

The m·:raft ·t'~c~ dnn with' .pp~. 7S0 ,.ards run ~~ Du" tl ilipperrsurtae', .aircraft 'ilipped In into rough srouncl.which buclcled port uadJr-carriage, therebi Clusing .aircraft to tip OTer011par.t .wing.•

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Ottioe ot the Station Commander

illlO 057,.:3 July, 1945.

SUBJECT: .Transmi ttal cit AAF form .,14 and Allied Papers ~

TO' Co.mm.andlng.Ott1der, 40th Combat V{1ns, APO 557.

'. 1. Transmitted herewi tb is MaF Form 14 and' allied· papers onaircraft P~7D 42.75614, whfch was involved in an accident on 13 tUne,1945.. '. .' . . .

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·S·Ji.1s: . . ". :1no1.1 -' AAF Form·14 (in quad).·.·Iii~l·2·. Pilots' statement (1n" quad) • -

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