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The tail assembly, with part of the tail cone but minus the greater portion of the elevators and the lower end of the left rudder.

This group fell close by a fencing wall about 160 meters south of the main wreckage.

0f the three rudders, the two outer Ones were attached to their respective fins, excepting the lower end of the left rudder which was missing; part of the central rudder was still attached to its fin and the rest of it (the upper portion) was lying on the ground.

The entire tail assembly uffered considerable damage from the impact with the ground and showed ample evidence of burns.

Left-side outer engine, No. 1.

This engine, which became detached from the left Wing in ﬂight, fell in a field about 250 meters to the SW of the main wreckage, digging a deep hole in the ground; as a result of

the impact, the propeller became detached from the engine

but was found With it in the hole. The entire assembly was badly damaged by the impact With the ground.

Condition of the wreckage and technical examination of the ears

All the pieces of the aircraft, including the smallest ones, found after a long and meticulous search of the crash Site, constituting together the most important and significant parts of the plane, were recOVered and brought to the 2nd A.M.I. Central Depot at Gallarate. Here, a group of more than 15 technicians spent about 1:0 days making a minute and accurate examination of every single piece of wreckage.

Specifically, the examination was conducted along these lines: 1. To the extent necessary, it included:

[a] Reconstruction, by means of suitable metal trellis and pipe work, of the entire right wing and the entire central portion of the wing housing tanks Nos. 6 and 7 and reconstruction, alongside the central portion, of the left wing by rearranging its parts, in the proper order, on the floor;

[In] Careful reconstruction of the fuselage, by arranging all available parts, in the proper order, on the floor;

[c] Reconstruction of the engines by p1ac1ng each of them in front of the two Wings, in its numerical order;