An improvement in the weather meant that today’s Counter Battery Patrol could go ahead more or less as planned, but it was marred by engine trouble. (If it’s not one thing, it’s the other.) So Air Mechanic Corkhill came up for a test ride in the afternoon. And there was time for some correspondence.
Log book
Date: 30.6.18 Hour: 10.30 Machine type: RE8 No.: E27 Observer: Lt Watkins Time: 1 hr 5 m Height: 4500 Course/Remarks: CBP. Engine very bad. Date: 30.6.18 Hour: 5 Machine type: RE8 No.: E27 Observer: AM Corkhill Time: 30 m Height: 2500 Course/Remarks: Engine test.
Diary
Sunday June 30th. C.B.P with Lt Watkins. Engine nothing great, sent FL FR UD (10.30am). Received parcel of mags & stockings. Wrote home. 5.30 pm. Took up mechanic with E.27 for engine test. Engine apparently OK.
“Sent FL FR UD”
This was the weather report that Greg sent at 10:30am:
- FL – fit for counter battery work
- FR – fit for registration (of artillery fire)
- UD – unfit for photography