Salvatore Mechelli was from Rome.

The 13^o Gruppo (77^a, 78^a and 82^a Squadriglie) of the 2^o Stormo C.T. was commanded by Maggiore Secondo Revetria and started the war based at Tripoli Castelbenito airfield with twenty-five CR.42s and eleven CR.32s on hand (the CR.32s, kept as a reserve, were later passed on to the 50^o Stormo Assalto) to guard against a possible French attach from the west.
Pilots in the 78^a Squadriglia were: Capitano Giuseppe Dall’Aglio (CO), Tenente Ippolito Lalatta, Tenente Domenico Bevilacqua, Tenente Giovanni Beduz, Sottotenente Natale Cima, Sottotenente Italo Santavacca, Sottotenente Dario Magnabosco, Sergente Maggiore Giuseppe Frigo, Sergente Maggiore Mechelli, Sergente Rovero Abbarchi, Sergente Cassio Poggi, Sergente Ernesto Taddia, Sergente Vito Rinaldi, Sergente Marcello Della Rovere and Sergente Aldo Loioli.

At 17:10 on 19 July, six CR.42s scrambled from T2. Three were from the 93^a Squadriglia (Sottotenente Orlando Mandolini, Sergente Maggiore Italo Bertinelli and Sergente Maggiore Roberto Lendaro) and the other three were from the 78^a Squadriglia (Tenente Ippolito Lalatta, Sottotenente Natale Cima and Sergente Maggiore Mechelli). They intercepted a formation of four British Blenheims. The three CR.42s from the 78^a Squadriglia claimed damage to one of the Blenheims with the use of 500 rounds of ammunition. The Blenheim was later assessed as shot down over the sea off Marsa Lugh by land observers. Sottotenente Mandolini claimed damage to a bomber with the use of 150 rounds but it is not clear if it was the same as claimed by Tenente Lalatta, Sottotenente Cima and Sergente Maggiore Mechelli.
It seems probable that they had intercepted four aircraft of 211 Squadron since Blenheims from 202 Group were mounting a series of raids aimed at sinking the Italian cruiser Giovanni Dalle Bande Nere, which was believed to be in Tobruk. 211 Squadron participated in the day’s actions with nine Blenheims that took off in independent flights without being able to discover the Italian cruiser and instead bombed Tobruk harbour from 18:13 to 18:30. After that the enemy AA fire had stopped firing on them, the last flight of four aircraft was attacked by three CR.42s, which were 1000 feet above them. Two of the Italian fighters dived at the British leader in wide vic formation out of the sun from port quarter and appeared to overshoot. They continued their dive and lost so much height that they could not catch up again. The Italian leader (possibly the Spanish Civil War veteran Lalatta) did a very pretty half roll and dived vertically to the attack. Interestingly, the returning British pilots reported that in their opinion, this half-roll had been not necessary to bring the CR.42 on his target. The Italian leader didn’t continue his downward dive but zoomed sharply to a position under the wing of the No.2 machine. The gunner of No.3 Blenheim reported that it would be impossible to shoot down this enemy aircraft without grave risk of shooting down No.2 aircraft, and despite all efforts to dislodge the CR.42, it succeeded in staying in this spot. The face of the Italian pilot could be seen quite plainly. His intention obviously was to tilt the nose of his machine up so as to give the leader of the formation a burst, but the high speed of the Blenheims made this impossible without falling off into the range of the rear gunners. Finally, when Bardia was passed, he disengaged.
Another unit participating in attacks over Tobruk at around this hour was 55 Squadron (with eight aircraft), which didn’t record losses nor interceptions (four or five enemy fighters were seen taking off). It could also be possible that Blenheims from 113 Squadron were present.

On 23 December, Sergente Maggiore Mechelli and Sergente Mario Veronesi were assigned to the 84^a Squadriglia, 10^o Gruppo.

The last Italian bombing mission of the day on 27 December was again against Sollum. Four SM 79s from the 41^o Stormo under Tenente Colonnello D’Ippolito and four bombers from the 216^a Squadriglia, 34^o Stormo, led by Tenente Romanini took off from Tmini at 14:30.
They were escorted by fighters from the 23^o Gruppo and 10^o Gruppi. Maggiore Tito Falconi was at the head of the formation of the first unit, which also included Tenente Claudio Solaro, Sottotenente Oscar Abello and Sergente Ubaldo Marziali from the 70^a Squadriglia, Tenente Mario Pinna, Sottotenente Milano Pausi and Sergente Giuseppe Sanguettoli from the 74^a Squadriglia and Tenente Pietro Calistri, Tenente Ezio Maria Monti, Maresciallo Giovanni Carmello, Sergente Leo Mannucci and Sottotenente Leopoldo Marangoni from the 75^a Squadriglia.
It seems that the bomber formation split and the 41^o Stormo attacked British mechanized units in Halfaya and Gabr Bu Fares under heavy AA that damaged, although slightly, all the aircraft. The SM 79s of the 34^o Stormo attacked ships in Sollum harbour and were intercepted by many Hurricanes. The SM 79s were totally unable to defend themselves because of icing on all the guns and one of them was shot down. This was Sottotenente Aldo Peterlini’s bomber and Peterlini was killed together with three of his crew (Sergente Maggiore Arturo Scagnetti (second pilot), Aviere Scelto Motorista Alcide Frizzera and Aviere Scelto Radiotelegrafista Gioacchino Scuderi). The other two members of the crew (Primo Aviere Armiere Ciancilla and Primo Aviere Montatore Fiore) where able to bale out. Tenente Pandolfi’s aircraft was riddled by enemy bullets (probably RD) while the other two SM 79s were less seriously damaged although suffering some wounded among their crews.
They had been intercepted by 33 Squadron which claimed three SM 79s and one probable and probably two CR.42s during offensive patrols performed by pairs of Hurricanes over Sollum. They also claimed one SM 79 and one CR.42 damaged. Vernon Woodward claimed one of the probable CR.42s and the damaged CR.42.
Falconi’s pilots recorded combat with many Hurricanes, one of which was claimed as probable by the 70^a Squadriglia and six more were damaged. Tenente Solaro and Sottotenente Abello returned with damaged fighters. Solaro had been hit by AA fire and Sottotenente Abello by British fighters. Calistri and his men claimed a shared Hurricane and four more damaged. They landed back at 16:55. A shot down Hurricane was also recorded by the 74^a Squadriglia, which also recorded a SM 79 shot down by AA fire.
The CR.42 escort from the 10^o Gruppo was composed of seven fighters from the 90^a Squadriglia (Tenente Giovanni Guiducci, Tenente Franco Lucchini, Sottotenente Alessandro Rusconi, Sottotenente Neri De Benedetti, Sergente Alfredo Sclavo, Sergente Bruno Bortoletti and Sergente Enrico Botti), six from the 84^a Squadriglia (Capitano Luigi Monti, Tenente Antonio Angeloni, Sottotenente Bruno Devoto, Sergente Maggiore Mechelli, Sergente Domenico Santonocito and Sergente Piero Buttazzi) and six from the 91^a Squadriglia (Maggiore Carlo Romagnoli, Capitano Vincenzo Vanni, Sottotenente Andrea Dalla Pasqua, Sottotenente Orlando Mandolini, Sottotenente Ennio Grifoni and Sergente Elio Miotto). Tenente Guiducci reported that the heavy AA immediately hit one of the SM 79s, which was shot down. Then five monoplanes (Hurricanes and Spitfires(!)) tried to attack but were immediately counterattacked and one of them was shot down. Later, another attempt by a lone British fighter failed after the intervention of the Italian escort. The 90^a Squadriglia pilots expanded 320 rounds of ammunition and it seems that in the end the victory was assigned to the whole formation as a Gruppo victory. It seems that it was the same aircraft claimed independently by the two Squadriglie of the 23^o Gruppo.

It seems that Mechelli later was transferred to the 73^a Squadriglia of the 9^o Gruppo.

On 20 May 1942 the 9^o Gruppo, with twenty-eight MC.202s, took off for a third tour of duty in North Africa. After a call in Pantelleria, they reached Castel Benito.
The following day, after intermediate landings at Tamet and Benghasi K3, they reached their new base at Martuba 4.

Between 16:00-17:30 on 9 June, Maggiore Antonio Larsimont Pergameni led 15 MC.202s from the 9^o Gruppo (six from the 73^a Squadriglia, six from the 96^a Squadriglia and two from the 97^a Squadriglia) on a free sweep over Bir Hacheim. At 16:30, they came up against three enemy formations at altitudes of 3000, 3500, and 4000 metres respectively over Bir Hacheim with a total of 30 fighters, split between P-40s and Hurricanes (a very precise estimate). After the ensuing air combat, the Italian pilots claimed five P-40s and one Hurricane destroyed with two P-40s and two Hurricanes probably shot down and 19 machine-gunned (3839 rounds).
It was reported that Sergente Maggiore Teresio Martinoli (73^a Squadriglia) easily shot down two P-40s, setting them afire in addition to damaging a third one; his MC.202 was in turn hit and slightly damaged. As usual, he flew at the top of the formation because of his outstanding eyesight.
Sergente Mario Guerci (73^a Squadriglia) shot down one P-40 and fired at a second from close distance. He saw a black smoke trail coming from it. He didn’t follow it (it was credited as a probable), engaged as he was in the midst of the dogfight. His MC.202 was also hit and slightly damaged.
Tenente Vittorio Squarcia (73^a Squadriglia) fired at the tail of an P-40 at very close range (credited as probably destroyed) but couldn’t finnish it off since his own aircraft was slightly damaged.
Sergente Maggiore Mechelli (73^a Squadriglia), who was following Tenente Squarcia, fired on two Hurricanes, hitting the cockpit of one; he saw it heel over and then assumed an anomalous trim with the nose pointing down. He then followed it, hitting it again. But then he had to desist because a P-40 was on his tail. Her was credited with one destroyed Hurricane and another as a probable.
Sottotenente Alvaro Querci (73^a Squadriglia) claimed a P-40 and fired at a second (credited as damaged). His MC.202 was also hit but not badly.
Sergente Bruno Biagini (96^a Squadriglia) claimed a destroyed P-40 and a probable Hurricane.
Tenente Emanuele Annoni (96^a Squadriglia) fired at four planes.
21-year-old Sergente Maggiore Pasquale Rossi (MC.202 MM7831/’73-11’) failed to return and became MiA.
The enemy formations, on patrol over Bir Hacheim were ten Kittyhawks of 260 Squadron (16:55-18:35) with 2 and 4 SAAF Squadrons (but the first would break away from the other two), and twelve Hurricane IIcs of 213 Squadron (16:50-18:50) as top cover for another eleven of 73 Squadron (17:00-18:30), which also were on patrol over Bir Hacheim and searching for possible enemy bombers. Additionally, four Spitfires of 145 Squadron (17:00-18:30) were top cover for the Hurricanes but probably were separated because nothing was reported.
The first to meet with the Italians was 260 Squadron who lost 20-years-old Sergeant Harold Clark (RAF no. 1266027) who became MiA (and later KIA). Subsequently 213 and 73 Squadrons were engaged.
213 Squadron was at 15,000ft when it saw a formation of Kittyhawks (260 Squadron) returning east, which warned the Hurricanes that bandits were heading south-east 20 miles south-east of Gazala. Then ground control sent the warning that bandits were behind and to port 10 miles east of Bir Hacheim. The Commonwealth formation was at 15,000ft when it turned against a reportedly twelve Bf 109s and MC.202s in vic formation 500-1,000ft above. Six peeled off in line astern and dived to attack the Hurricanes. Individual combats followed with one Bf 109 claimed destroyed and a Bf 109 and a MC.202 damaged 10 miles north-west of Bir Hacheim. Only two Hurricanes were slightly damaged; one received a strike in the petrol tank and another in the aileron. One Bf 109 was seen going down in flames and hit the deck (probably Sergente Maggiore Rossi) but no Ju 88s were sighted. The Hurricanes formed into a defensive circle to the left, everyone weaving. The enemy aircraft practically attacked in a vertical dive and then pulled up. Four more enemy aircraft joined the fight. Pilot Officer W. R. Henderson (Hurricane IIc BN128/K) claimed a destroyed Bf 109F while Flight Lieutenant C. B. Temlett (BM981/G) (100 Ball, 100 HE/Inc) claimed a damaged Bf 109F and Flying Officer F. A. W. J. Wilson (BN136/S) claimed a damaged MC.202.
W. C. Fenton (BN157) led the eleven Hurricanes IIcs of 73 Squadron. At 17:50 they were flying at an altitude of 12,000ft 10 miles west of Bir Hacheim when they were jumped by five to six Bf 109s and Macchis coming down from 3000ft above. In the ensuing combat, they were credited with one probable MC.202 and one probable Bf 109F. The probable MC.202 was credited to Flight Lieutenant ‘Robin’ Johnston (BF272) 5 miles east of Bir Hacheim while the BF 109F (!) was credited to Flight Sergeant E. L. Joyce (BN156/QO-L) 12 miles west of Bir Hacheim. Joyce reported:

“…Our A flight was jumped by 5 Macchis and 109s. A mix up followed and I climbed to 14000 (from 10-11000). A Me l09 dived on a Hurricane. I half rolled, losing my No.2 and pulled up waiting for him (the 109) to pull up, which he did about 300 yards in front of me, climbing on an angle of 45^o. I fired and as I did, he turned slightly left. I changed my aim and blew about 2 square feet off his left wing. He went down in a vertical dive, left hand, and I watched him for about 5000 feet, when I was attacked by a Macchi 202. …I then climbed to 15000 feet and made several attacks.... I took evasive action and evaded an attack by an Me.109, which was coming from the sun, about 400 yards behind me.... There was one Kittyhawk, which belly landed about 10-12 miles east of Bir Hakeim. I claimed one probably destroyed. 53 balls, 52 He total 147-145.”

On 26 June, Hurricane IIcs from 213 Squadron was heading north-west between 19,000 and 20,000 feet when at 16:00 enemy aircraft were sighted below heading eastwards in the ‘Charing Cross’ area south-west of LG 07. Their white wing-tips made them identifiable as eight Bf 109s which were flying in four pairs in an echelon right formation at 14,000ft. The Hurricanes jumped the enemy, which turned 180^o and climbed up into the sun.
Pilot Officer W. H. Thomlinson (BN349) was credited with one Bf 109F destroyed and reported:

“…as the Flight Commander dived down I followed him…he was preparing to attack the right hand ac of the leading pair, so I concentrated on the enemy’s No.2 and closing to a very short range gave him a 2 second burst from dead astern. Just as I fired he pulled up almost vertically… I saw several explosions on the tail, one on the fuselage…lost control...spinning down until it hit the deck...
50 HE/I, 50 Balls.”

“...saw 4 109s closing into a defensive circle. I closed on one that was attempting a climbing turn to the left and delivered a beam attack on him at 1000 yards closing to 50. I saw his tail unit disintegrate and drop off, and then he rolled over on his back and plunged down to the deck in a spiral dive.
58 HE/I, 59 Balls.”

“...109s tried to evade by performing steep climbing turns to the left. I heard the CO say he was going down. I followed after him, pulling across the top of him and performing an aileron turn. I picked an Me109 out on the extreme left, just as it pulled up to get away from “A” flight attack. I out climbed him and gave him a short burst as a result of which I saw bits flying off. He put his nose down and dived away to the ground...”

“...5000’ above them... The 109s were flying in pairs in echelon right, and I selected the second from the end on the right. My sight wasn’t much good, but I closed in to 20 yards and gave him a 5 second burst from dead astern. I saw strikes along the right wing from tip to root, then the wing crumpled up and fell away, whilst the AC burst into flames…
50 Ball, 50 He/I.”

“...I selected a 109 on the extreme left of the formation. My approach must have been observed for when I was 600 yards behind him and 500’ above, he pulled into a steep climbing turn to the left. I turned with him and he ran through my line of sight at 200 yards. I put on deflection and from practically full beam, gave him a 2 second burst. I saw strikes along cockpit and bits breaking off, and then he went over on his back, barrelled out, and pulled up and again half rolled. ...I saw him hit the deck.”

Following the Axis advance the 9^o Gruppo transferred to El Adem on 23 June, then to Sidi el Barrani two days later and finally to Fuka on 1 July.

Between 08:25-09:55 on 16 September, Maggiore Roberto Fassi led 16 MC.202s of the 9^o Gruppo on a free sweep sortie over the area east of El Alamein. Flying at 19,500 feet the Italian fighters engaged a large formation of P-40s and were later jumped by about 20 Spitfires flying 1,500 feet higher east of El Alamein. In the ensuing combat, the 73^a Squadriglia claimed one Spitfire by Maresciallo Mechelli while Maresciallo Paolo Perno claimed a probable and Sergente Teresio Martinoli claimed a probable P-40 probable. Four MC.202s returned slightly damaged.
At 09:36 another Stuka attack was launched on the Allied lines, 15 Bf 109s of III./JG 27 providing close escort. Eight Spitfires of 145 Squadron and others from 601 Squadron, were scrambled, followed by Kittyhawks from 112, 450 and 3 RAAF Squadrons. Three of the six aircraft sent off by the last of these units, returned at once with various troubles, the other three covering those of 450 Squadron, while eight of 112 Squadron sat above the formation as high cover. The Spitfires attacked over 12 Bf 109s and MC.202s. The Spitfire Vbs from 145 Squadron claimed one Bf 109 and one MC.202 with three more Bf 109s damaged over El Alamein between 09:50-10:50. Claiming pilots were Flight Lieutenant J. J. P. Sabourin (BP986/ZX-X), who claimed the destroyed Bf 109 and Flight Sergeant E. A. Ker (AR287) claimed the MC.202 destroyed while the damaged Bf 109s were claimed by Flight Sergeant Ker, Sergeant F. R. Barker (AB339/ZX-M) and Sergeant J. A. Greaves (AB207). The Spitfire Vc from 601 Squadron reported one damaged Bf 109 claimed by Lieutenant A. Bartleman (BR132) over El Alamein between 10:00-10:45.
112 Squadron’s pilots saw two MC.202s diving on the Australians, the Italians pulling up in front of the squadron, allowing Flight Lieutenant G. W. Garton (Kittyhawk Ia EV136/GA-Q) to claim one as a probable in the Dir el Hima area between 10:00-10:45.
3 RAAF Squadron was twice attacked by Bf 109s, Sergeant T. W. Wood being shot-up and wounded; he returned to base straight away. Leutnant Erich Schöfböck (7./JG 27) and Leutnant Werner Schroer (8./JG 27) each claimed one Kittyhawk shot down south of El Alamein at 09:23 and 09:25 respectively. No German aircraft were lost.

In a mission between 15:30-17:10 on 18 September, Maggiore Simeone Marsan led 16 MC.202s from the 9^o Gruppo (eight each from the 73^a and 96^a Squadriglie) on a free sweep south of El Alamein. They met Spitfires over El Alamein, with ten Spitfires at 7 000 meters altitude and ten more flying 2 000 meters lower. The 73^a Squadriglia claimed three shot down without losses. One was claimed by Sergente Teresio Martinoli. The second was shared by Sergente Armando Angelini, Maresciallo Paolo Perno and Sergente Leonardo Rinaldi. The third was shared by Maggiore Simeone Marsan, Maresciallo Mechelli, Tenente Giuseppe Oblach, Tenente Giulio Reiner and Tenente Vittorio Squarcia.
It seems that they had been in combat with Spitfires from 145 and 610 Squadrons, which reported meeting eight fighters identified as Bf 109s over Burg el Arab at 16:55. 145 Squadron made three claims when Flight Sergeant Edgar Andrew Kerr (Spitfire Vb AR287/ZX-K) claimed a probable, Flight Lieutenant John Stuart Taylor (AB147/ZX-Y) claimed a damaged and Sergeant P. G. C. Thomas (BP986/ZX-X) claimed a probable. Flight Lieutenant Mervin Robert Bruce Ingram (Spitfire Vc AR289/P) from 601 Squadron also claimed a probable. The Spitfires returned without losses.

On 30 October 1942, the 4^o Stormo CT and 159^o Gruppo Assalto were ordered to move to Martuba. Five pilots of the 4^o Stormo led by Tenente Orlando Mandolini, ferried five war-weary MC.202s to Bu Amud. There they received the order to fly them to Martuba. Whilst on a truck heading to their parked aircraft, the pilots were strafed by Beaufighters attacking the airfield. Tenente Mandolini suffered serious wounds and was taken to Tobruk hospital; Maresciallo Mechelli and Sergente Maggiore Lorenzo Migliorato were also injured.
Five Beaufighters from 252 Squadron strafed El Adem airfield at 18:30, crews reporting twelve Ju 52/3ms and two or three MC.202s on the ground there, six or eight of the transports with their engines running. Four were claimed destroyed on the ground with five more claimed as damaged. These claims were shared between Sergeant A. B. McKeown (with navigator/wireless operator Sergeant W. M. Driscoll in Beaufighter Ic X8068) and Sergeant D. R. Meldrum (with navigator/wireless operator Sergeant F. Hawthorne in Beaufighter Ic T5036). These two pilots also claimed a shared probable Ju 52/3m in the air. Two more were spotted in the air after take-off. One of them was shot down by Sergeant J. M. Stephan (with navigator/wireless operator Sergeant S. R. Whear in Beaufighter Ic T5046) west of El Adem landing ground while the second was shot down by Pilot Officer R. S. Watson (with navigator/wireless operator Sergeant G. D. Hudson in Beaufighter VI T5110) over the airfield. T5046 was damaged by Flak and abandoned north of Edcu.
Italian records noted that three Ju 52/3ms had been set on fire on the ground. Only one Ju 52/3m has been identified when WNr. 6591 from IV./KGzbV 1 was destroyed at El Adem with the pilot Oberfeldwebel Georg Probst and air gunner Unteroffizier Gerhard Schneider were KiA (two more in the crew were safe).
In the meantime, at Fuka, the 4^o Stormo handed over its few remaining serviceable MC.202s to the 3^o Stormo and prepared to retreat. Both air and ground echelons moved on motor transports towards Martuba, which was reached on 1 November.

Mechelli ended the war with 2 shared biplane victories and a total of 1.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1940
	19/07/40	17:10-	1/3	Blenheim (a)	Shared destroyed	Fiat CR.42		off Marsa Lugh	78a Squadriglia
	27/12/40	14:30-	1/19	Hurricane (b)	Shared destroyed	Fiat CR.42		Sollum area	84a Squadriglia
	1942
1	09/06/42	16:30-17:30	1	Hurricane (c)	Destroyed	MC.202		Bir Hacheim	73a Squadriglia
	09/06/42	16:30-17:30	1	Hurricane (c)	Probably destroyed	MC.202		Bir Hacheim	73a Squadriglia
2	26/06/42	14:30-15:30	1	P-40 (d)	Destroyed	MC.202		Bir el Astas	73a Squadriglia
3	16/09/42	08:25-09:55	1	Spitfire (e)	Destroyed	MC.202		E El Alamein	73a Squadriglia
	18/09/42	15:30-17:10	1/5	Spitfire (f)	Shared destroyed	MC.202		El Alamein	73a Squadriglia

Biplane victories: 2 shared destroyed.
TOTAL: 3 and 3 shared destroyed, 1 probably destroyed.
(a) Probably claimed in combat with Blenheims from 211 Squadron, which didn’t suffer any losses.
(b) Claimed in combat with Hurricanes from 33 Squadron, which claimed two probable CR.42s and one damaged without losses. The 10^o and 23^o Gruppi claimed 3 Hurricanes and 1 probably shot down with another 10 damaged while suffering 3 damaged CR.42s.
(c) Probably claimed in combat with P-40s and Hurricanes from 260, 213 and 74 Squadrons, which claimed 1 destroyed, 2 probably destroyed and 2 damaged while losing 1 Kittyhawk (pilot KIA) and getting 2 Hurricanes damaged. The 9^o Gruppo claimed 6 destroyed, 4 probables and 2 damaged while losing 1 MC.202 (pilot KIA).
(d) Possibly claimed in combat with Hurricanes from 213 Squadron, which claimed 5 fighters and 1 damaged while suffering 1 damaged. The 9^o Gruppo claimed 1 P-40s and 2 probables while suffering 1 damaged.
(e) Probably claimed in combat with Spitfires from 601 and 145 Squadrons and Kittyhawks from 112, 450 and 3 RAAF Squadrons, which claimed 2 fighters destroyed, 1 probable and 4 damaged while getting 1 Kittyhawk damaged. 9^o Gruppo and III./JG 27 claimed 3 and 2 probable fighters while getting 4 MC.202s damaged.
(f) Probably claimed in combat with Spitfire Vs from 145 and 601 Squadron, which claimed 2 probable Bf 109s and 1 damaged without losses. 73^a Squadriglia claimed 3 destroyed Spitfires without losses.

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