aii
L-5 were made.
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The Liaison Section was alerted to prepare a six (6)
months! supply of parts for these planes.
Parts lists for one (1)
I-4, and one (1) L-5 were made up, but about 17 November it was decided,
due to parts resupply problems, to take’two (2)"BRj's.
At this time. ones iw:
one of the L-4's had officially been declared surplus and the other
was being prepared to be turned in as surplus, -Sixth Army had declared
all L-4's in 2I surplus, which posed a problemsince -Air-Material
Depots no longer stocked IL-4 parts.
Lt. QQ, Liaison Section
Commander, made a search for the necessary parts at Fort Lewis and
McChord Field, Washington, and’ @ould:only find two (2) tires, two (2)
tubes, forty-two (42) spark plugs, one (1) sheet of plexi glass 48"
x 36", one (1) brake segment and one (1) tail wheel.
On hand before
embarking, the Liaison Section had enough spare parts for one major -
overhaul on one engine.?Ne authority was-received to procure the needed
oa
parts from commercial stocks.
Both planes were in excellent condition, one having only fifteen
(15) hours since a major overhaul, the other about one hundred (100)
hours.
The fourth Air Depot Unit was contacted to have the planes
prepared and crated for overseas shipment, but, due to the lack of
necessary facilities, this could not be accomplished in time.
After
consulting with Lt. qgiand Lt =a it was decided, that since
both officers had experience in packing and crating I-4's, to do the
work at Fort. Worden with the aid of the Post Carpenters.
were flown and landed on the para protinds.
Section Vi-a
The planes
The planes were then
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