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[left] Two stamped out elbow halves before trimming. [Right] Elbow halves tacked together—part of the process in fabricating the mast elbows from the radar array of the Heinkel He 219 A-2. (NASM)
![[left] Two stamped out elbow halves before trimming. [Right] Elbow halves tacked together.](/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow_basic/public/2021-09/collage3.jpg?itok=MdFutvE7)
![[left] Two stamped out elbow halves before trimming. [Right] Elbow halves tacked together.](/sites/default/files/styles/media_library/public/2021-09/collage3.jpg?h=a6fe7053&itok=JZA942j0)