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[Top] One radar mast fully welded. [Bottom] Detail view of the elbow welded in place along the newly fabricated mast—part of the process in fabricating the mast elbows from the radar array of the Heinkel He 219 A-2. (NASM)
![[Top] One radar mast fully welded. [Bottom] Detail view of the elbow welded in place.](/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow_basic/public/2021-09/collage1.jpg?itok=TVK2wPkT)
![[Top] One radar mast fully welded. [Bottom] Detail view of the elbow welded in place.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_library/public/2021-09/collage1.jpg?h=a06c8154&itok=Kaxrs2FO)