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John William Graham letters, September-October, 1943
1943-09-16 Page 1
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Dear Dad, Mom + Grandma,Had a rough day and night yesterday. Had a [shimmy?] in a main landing gear and had to jack [illegible] the ship remove the gear check all clearances and reassemble it. Didn't find anything seriously wrong only a little tightening we were just going to test fly it so i came into bed about 3:30 A.M. The night crew was fueling it and of the hangar and the [illegible] and the tail skid [illegible] down and hit the ground and broke. It tore the fuselage and a bulkhead needs to be replaced. We got the bulkhead [illegible] today and are waiting for parts to put it together. Got four cards today from the church, [illegible], [illegible], [illegible], [illegible]
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Dear Dad, Mom + Grandma,Had a rough day and night yesterday. Had a [shimmy?] in a main landing gear and had to jack [illegible] the ship remove the gear check all clearances and reassemble it. Didn't find anything seriously wrong only a little tightening we were just going to test fly it so i came into bed about 3:30 A.M. The night crew was fueling it and of the hangar and the [illegible] and the tail skid [illegible] down and hit the ground and broke. It tore the fuselage and a bulkhead needs to be replaced. We got the bulkhead [illegible] today and are waiting for parts to put it together. Got four cards today from the church, [illegible], [illegible], [illegible], [illegible]
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