Ordnance Operations Report (Con't)
IV. ORDNANCE ARMAMENT SECTION
A. The activities of the Armament Section for the period
of November 1st to November 30th are listed below:
1. Inspected Machine Guns, Cal..50, on thirteen (13) new A/C.
2. Conducted weekly inspections of Station Defense Guns.
3. Checked and Inspected thirty-five (35) oil buffer springs
of Machine Guns, cal..50, selected at random as per
SB Instructions.
4. Modified sixteen (16) M26 Flares.
5. Modified two hundred and eight (208) Carbines as per
M.W.O. Ord 58291.
6. Cleaned twenty-five (25) Cal..50 Gun Barrels.
7. Cleaned, checked, and repaired fourteen (14) Shotguns.
8. Cleaned, checked and repaired sixteen (16) Pyro pistols.
9. Cleaned and checked thirty (30) Cal..45 Pistols.
10. Testfired, cleaned and checked seventy (70) Cal..50
Machine Guns.
11. Repaired twenty-five (25) Cal..50 Machine Guns.
12. One NCO is assigned to supervise the Flak Suit Detail.
13. Converted and test fired one (1) Cal..50 Machine Gun
to fire blank ammunition.
V. THIRD ECHELON SHOP
A. The activities of the Third Echelon Shop for the month of
November are as listed below:
1. Total repaired vehicles 88
2. Vehicles removed from deadline 3
3. Bicycles repaired 43
4. Bicycle salvage returned to depot 8
5. Vehicle Spot Checks at two per day 60
6. Number of parts requisitioned 336
7. Number of parts received 314
8. Miscellaneous activities
a. Installed doors on Paint Shop
b. Painted inside of garage
c. Manufactured 10 stoves for mission party,
and installed complete. Stoves were turned
over to Base Utilities for use on the station.
9. Vehicles repaired for 136 Station Hospital 4
10. Vehicles repaired for 1192 Q.M. Co. Detach. A 4
11. Transit vehicles repaired 5
VI. Ammunition Section
A. The activities of the Ammunition Section for the month
of November 1944 are as follows:
1. Loaded a total of 2,573 ea. Bomb, G.P. AN-M57 on A/C.
Unloaded 336 each from A/C.
2. Loaded 1,350 ea. Bomb, Frag., AN-M81 on A/C.
Unloaded 252 ea. from A/C.
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