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Instructions regarding War Diaries and Intelligence Summaries are contained in F.S. Regs., Vol. 1. and the Staff Manual respectively Title pages will be prepared in manuscript.

WAR DIARY
or
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Army Form C.2118
Unit: 3 MON
Month and Year: June 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H.G. Orr
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
16 1500 There is a Thunderbolt in trouble; it is on fire. We can see the pilot jumping out, but with bad luck, his parachute is severed by the tailplane and he comes hurtling to earth and death. He lands near "A" Coy area. Everyone's eyes are on the plane; it is diving straight at us, it seems, at terrific speed. All is well, it misses us (not by much) and hits the village. No casualties.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. Locations are calculated, so might not be in the correct place. For historical research, always check the originals.