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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 28, 1943
Page
2
Fruit trees vegetables shrubs perennials and roses available via catalogues due to paper shortage. Ormond Plant Farm Pty Ltd Ormond Robbser Mating Viv Director w
Advertisement urges customers to bring Sundercut and Plow wheels to receive new steel rims welded on them and promises straighter pulling machines. Mentions full stock sheep dip and seed orders, urging action now.
The letter from Sgt-Pilot C. J. OConnor to his parents describes a December 1943 mission from Khartoum to Tunisia and Malta. He recounts flying a long, instrument-guided leg over the Mediterranean, near-dictating maneuvers to dodge danger, a near midair incident with a fuel loss, and a landing safely at a Tunisian airfield before dawn. He notes harsh winter conditions, evolving gear from North African heat to woolens, and impressions of Malta after the event.
The readable fragments show a garbled tale with names and places unclear. Key entities and events cannot be determined from the stray letters and partial words available.
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