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FLASH MESSAGE FORM
Call your telephone central and say: "ARMY FLASH ____________" (Give your phone No.)
Central will connect you with an Army Information Center.
When you hear: "ARMY, GO AHEAD PLEASE", you say: "FLASH" and continue message you have checked on form below, in the order indicated:
1 Number of Airplanes
__________
(Number)
Few
Many
2 Type of Airplanes
SINGLE MOTOR
BIMOTOR
MULTI-MOTOR
3 Were Airplanes Seen or heard?
SEEN
HEARD
4 Altitude of Airplanes
VERY LOW
LOW
HIGH
VERY HIGH
5 Your Observation Post Code Name
6 Direction of Airplanes from O.P.
NW N NE
W E
SW S SE
If airplanes were directly over O.P. Cover Columns 6&7 by reproting: "OVERHEAD"
7 Distance of Airplanes from O.P.
_________
(Miles)
8 Airplanes Headed Toward
NW
N
NE
W
E
SW
S
SE
Omit if it will cause delay in report.
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FLASH MESSAGE FORM
Call your telephone central and say: "ARMY FLASH ____________" (Give your phone No.)
Central will connect you with an Army Information Center.
When you hear: "ARMY, GO AHEAD PLEASE", you say: "FLASH" and continue message you have checked on form below, in the order indicated:
1 Number of Airplanes
__________
(Number)
Few
Many
2 Type of Airplanes
SINGLE MOTOR
BIMOTOR
MULTI-MOTOR
3 Were Airplanes Seen or heard?
SEEN
HEARD
4 Altitude of Airplanes
VERY LOW
LOW
HIGH
VERY HIGH
5 Your Observation Post Code Name
6 Direction of Airplanes from O.P.
NW N NE
W E
SW S SE
If airplanes were directly over O.P. Cover Columns 6&7 by reproting: "OVERHEAD"
7 Distance of Airplanes from O.P.
_________
(Miles)
8 Airplanes Headed Toward
NW
N
NE
W
E
SW
S
SE
Omit if it will cause delay in report.
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Flash Message Form for World War II Civilian Aircraft Observation Posts, 1940s. 1940 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/318477>, accessed 25 December 2024.
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Flash Message Form for World War II Civilian Aircraft Observation Posts, 1940s. 1940 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/318477>