Here on the hangar deck of the Lady Lex the repair division is really flumoxed and stymied by the extent of the rebuild necessary to make this SBD airworthy again. The aircraft had missed the wire on landing and had hit the barrier, a large steel net strung across the flight deck, very hard. The US Navy was on the end of a very long supply chain here in the Pacific and had to repair every aircraft they possibly could. The very slim years of the depression had also taught the Navy the necessity of having extensive repair facilities onboard all their ships.
Study and patience are required to figger out how to get this baby back in the air but knowing how important the task is the CPO's and swabbies look forward eagerly to their work.
Anyone out there in the peanut gallery with any advise will get a pack of smokes.
