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Anton Hackl - Aircrew Details - Aviation Directory

Anton Hackl

Name : Anton Hackl
Born : 25th March 1915
Died : 9th July 1984
Air Victories : 192.00

Awards :
Knights Cross
Oak Leaves to the Knights Cross
Swords to the Knights Cross

Anton "Toni" Hackl was born 25 March 1915 in Regensburg. Died 10 July 1984 in Regensburg. Anton was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords during World War II. He was one of the very few Luftwaffe 'first-to-last' who survived the whole war, serving from 1939 until 1945.

Unteroffizier Hackl was serving with II/JG 77 when war broke out. By May 1940, Hackl was based in Norway, with JG 77 when he claimed his first in June 1940 shooting down two RAF Hudsons. On 27 June he shot down another Hudson, but was also wounded. He claimed four victories during his time in Norway.

In July 1941 he was posted with JG 77 to the Eastern Front. By the end of year his score was 27. By early 1942 he was Staffelkapitän of 5 Staffel JG 77. His score rapidly increased during the spring of 1942, and by May 1942, after 51 victories he received the Knight’s Cross. During the month of July 1942, Anton Hackl amassed 37 enemy aircraft shot down in the aerial battles around Voronezh, including 6 victories in a day on both 21 July and 23 July. In August, he shot down three to record his 100th victory. After his 106th victory on 6 August he was awarded the Eichenlaub. He shot down his 118th enemy aircraft on the Eastern Front, (a LaGG-3), in September 1942.

II/JG 77 were then transferred to Tunisia where Anton claimed 6 victories. In combat with P-38 Lightnings on 4 February 1943 he was badly wounded and was hospitalised for several months. Returning to duties in September 1943, Hackl next operated with III/JG 11 on Reichsverteidigung (Defense of the Reich) duties. On 1 October, he became Gruppenkommandeur III/JG 11. Hackl went on to claim 25 four-engined bombers shot down during his time with the III Gruppe. In April 1944, he commanded JG 11 briefly before being badly wounded in battle with a USAAF P-47 Thunderbolt. He was awarded the Schwerter on 13 July. During July 1944 he became Geschwaderkommodore of JG 76.

On 8 October he became Gruppenkommandeur of II/JG 26 with 165 victories to his credit. By the end of the year he now had 172 victories. By late January 1945 he was acting Kommodore of JG 300 and, in late February, Kommodore of JG 11. His last 24 victories were never officially confirmed.

Anton Hackl flew about 1000 combat missions and was officially credited with shooting down 192 enemy aircraft. 131 victories were claimed while serving on the Eastern Front, 6 victories have been claimed in Africa and 55 on the Western Front. Among these numbers are 34 four-engined bombers which puts him in second place behind Georg-Peter Eder as the leading daylight bomber claimant. 55 claims were made with JG 11, 10 with JG 26, 1 with JG 300, and 124 while flying with JG 77. He was shot down 8 times and wounded 4 times. Anton Hackl died on 9 July 1984 in Regensburg.

Known Service Details :
Squadron	Rank	Start of Service	End of Service	Known Dates	Aircraft	Airframes	Notes
JG77	Hauptmann	1939	4th February 1943				Wounded and hospitalised.
JG11	Major	September 1943	May 1944				Wounded and hospitalised.
JG76	Major	July 1944	October 1944
JG26	Major	8th October 1944	January 1945
JG300	Major	January 1945	February 1945
JG11	Major	February 1945	unknown

Aircraft Type :
Hudson

Aircraft Type :
Hampden

Aircraft Type :
Hudson
Squadron :
No.269 Sqn RAF

Aircraft Type :
Hudson

Aircraft Type :
I-16

Aircraft Type :
I-15

Aircraft Type :
RZ

Aircraft Type :
I-16

Aircraft Type :
MiG-3

Aircraft Type :
Il-2

Aircraft Type :
SB-2

Aircraft Type :
RZ

Aircraft Type :
MiG-3

Aircraft Type :
I-153

Aircraft Type :
Il-2

Aircraft Type :
MiG-3

Aircraft Type :
DB-3

Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3

Aircraft Type :
Jak-3

Aircraft Type :
Il-2

Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3

Aircraft Type :
MiG-1

Aircraft Type :
Il-2

Aircraft Type :
MiG-3

Aircraft Type :
Il-2

Aircraft Type :
MiG-1

Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3

Aircraft Type :
Jak-1

Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3

Aircraft Type :
Hurricane

Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3

Aircraft Type :
Hurricane

Aircraft Type :
Il-2

Aircraft Type :
DB-7

Aircraft Type :
MiG-1

Aircraft Type :
R-5

Aircraft Type :
Pe-2

Aircraft Type :
Il-2

Aircraft Type :
Hurricane

Aircraft Type :
MiG-1

Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3

Aircraft Type :
MiG-1

Aircraft Type :
Il-2

Aircraft Type :
MiG-1

Aircraft Type :
Il-2

Aircraft Type :
Kittyhawk

Aircraft Type :
Spitfire

Aircraft Type :
Kittyhawk

Aircraft Type :
P-40EE

Aircraft Type :
Kittyhawk

Aircraft Type :
B-17

Aircraft Type :
P-47

Aircraft Type :
B-17

Aircraft Type :
B-24

Aircraft Type :
P-38

Aircraft Type :
B-17

Aircraft Type :
P-47

Aircraft Type :
B-17

Aircraft Type :
B-24

Aircraft Type :
P-38

Aircraft Type :
P-47

Aircraft Type :
B-17

Aircraft Type :
P-47

Aircraft Type :
B-17

Aircraft Type :
P-47

Aircraft Type :
Spitfire

Aircraft Type :
P-47

Aircraft Type :
P-51

Aircraft Type :
Jak-9

Aircraft Type :
Il-2

Known Victory Claims :
Date	Rank	Squadron	Claimed	Location	Time	Aircraft Flown	Notes
15/06/1940	Ofw.	JG 77	Hudson details	Stavanger	9.07
15/06/1940	Ofw.	JG 77	Hudson details	Stavanger	9.17
21/06/1940	Ofw.	JG 77	Hampden details	W. Hardanger-Fjord	16.45
25/06/1940	Oberfeldwebel	JG77	Hudson details	Norway		Me109	Wounded by return fire.
27/06/1940	Ofw.	JG 77	Hudson details	SW Stavanger	9.56
01/08/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	I-16 details	Tiraspol	17.5
10/08/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	I-16 details	Nikolajew	-
10/08/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	I-16 details	Nikolajew	18.35
22/08/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	I-15 details	Jargolitzkij	12.3
01/09/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	RZ details	Tschaplinka	15.2
07/09/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	I-16 details	Iwanowka	13.5
11/09/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-3 details	Tschaplinka	18.18
14/09/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-3 details	Perekop	11
22/09/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-3 details	Bakal	15.55
23/09/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-3 details	Budanowka	-
09/10/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	Il-2 details	Pologi	11.35
11/10/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	SB-2 details	Taganrog	12.5
11/10/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	RZ details	Taganrog	12.55
23/10/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-3 details	Rostow	6.25
27/10/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-3 details	Rostow	11.5
31/10/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-3 details	Taganrog	10.5
31/10/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-3 details	Taganrog	11.05
31/10/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-3 details	-	-
17/11/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-3 details	Rostow	10.4
17/11/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	I-153 details	Rostow	13.37
27/11/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	Il-2 details	Generalskaja	8.55
27/11/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-3 details	Taganrog	11.55
27/11/1941	Oblt.	JG 77	DB-3 details	-	11.57
03/06/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	LaGG-3 details	-	-
04/06/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Jak-3 details	-	-
07/06/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Il-2 details	-	-
07/06/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Il-2 details	35 473: 10m	7.03
08/06/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	LaGG-3 details	35 471: 800m	4.3
08/06/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-1 details	35 392: 1500m	13.1
08/06/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Il-2 details	35 442:10m	19.15
09/06/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-3 details	-	-
09/06/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Il-2 details	-	-
10/06/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Il-2 details	-	-
02/07/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-1 details	-	-
11/07/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	LaGG-3 details	-	-
11/07/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	LaGG-3 details	-	-
12/07/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Jak-1 details	-	-
21/07/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	LaGG-3 details	-	-
21/07/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	LaGG-3 details	-	-
21/07/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	LaGG-3 details	-	-
21/07/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Hurricane details	-	-
21/07/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	LaGG-3 details	-	-
21/07/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Hurricane details	-	-
26/07/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Il-2 details	-	-
26/07/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Il-2 details	-	-
26/07/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Il-2 details	-	-
28/07/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	DB-7 details	92 354: 5000m	18.15
29/07/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-1 details	83 832: 1500m	6.49
29/07/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-1 details	93 572: 1200m	6.5
29/07/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-1 details	93 532: 20m	6.53
31/07/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	R-5 details	83 621: 5m	6.35
03/08/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Pe-2 details	83 554	5.2
03/08/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Il-2 details	72 282: 50m	18.49
03/08/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Il-2 details	72 231: 10m	18.51
05/08/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Hurricane details	83 664: 30m	8.4
05/08/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Hurricane details	83 483: 50m	8.45
06/08/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-1 details	83 851: 2500m	11.1
06/08/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	LaGG-3 details	83 871: 1500m	11.12
12/08/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-1 details	83 811: 1800m	14.05
12/08/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-1 details	83 871: 1200m	14.08
13/08/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Il-2 details	83 814: 30m	10.49
13/08/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Il-2 details	83 672: 10m	10.53
14/08/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	MiG-1 details	82 131: 10m	18.2
25/08/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Il-2 details	72 293: 2000m	17.32
05/09/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Il-2 details	82 153: 500m	17.15
05/09/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Il-2 details	82 124: 600m	17.18
05/09/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Il-2 details	82 131: 500m	17.21
20/12/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Kittyhawk details	Pl.Qu. 62/71/1: 2000m	7.45
20/12/1942	Oblt.	JG 77	Kittyhawk details	Pl.Qu. 62/76/1: 1000m	7.47
01/01/1943	Oblt.	JG 77	Kittyhawk details	15km SSE Büerat: 10m	11
01/01/1943	Oblt.	JG 77	Kittyhawk details	25km SW Büerat: 2000m	11.07
02/01/1943	Oblt.	JG 77	Kittyhawk details	52 654: 20km SW Buerat	10.27
02/01/1943	Oblt.	JG 77	Kittyhawk details	52 552: 50km SW Buerat	10.22
02/01/1943	Oblt.	JG 77	Kittyhawk details	5km NW Buerat: 2300m	15.15
07/01/1943	Hptm.	JG 77	Spitfire details	7km SW Fl.Pl. Sirte: 6-7000m	11.45
08/01/1943	Hptm.	JG 77	Spitfire details	20km E. Guett el Goshia: 6000m	16.25
11/01/1943	Hptm.	JG 77	Kittyhawk details	-	9.3
11/01/1943	Hptm.	JG 77	Kittyhawk details	-	9.32
13/01/1943	Hptm.	JG 77	P-40EE details	-	-
14/01/1943	Hptm.	JG 77	P-40EE details	-	-
19/01/1943	Hptm.	JG 77	Kittyhawk details	10 km NW Tarbüna: 800m	16.1
25/06/1943	Hptm.	JG 11	B-17 details	6km SW Freisoythe: 4800m	8.59
29/07/1943	Hptm.	JG 11	B-17 details	10km NE Helgoland: 8500m	9.35
02/10/1943	Hptm.	JG 11	P-47 details	AO-6: 5000m [12km N. Juist]	17.31
08/10/1943	Hptm.	JG 11	B-17 details	DT-4.8: 7000m [E. Bremen]	15.2
26/11/1943	Hptm.	JG 11	B-17 details	DQ-39: 8000m	12.02
01/12/1943	Hptm.	JG 11	B-24 details	OO 39: 7000m [Euskirchen Raum]	12.16
05/01/1944	Hptm.	JG 11	P-38 details	-	-
11/01/1944	Hptm.	JG 11	B-17 details	-	-
11/01/1944	Hptm.	JG 11	B-17 details	-	-
03/02/1944	Hptm.	JG 11	P-47 details	-	-
10/02/1944	Hptm.	JG 11	B-17 details	FA-8: [SE Celle]	11.4
24/02/1944	Hptm.	JG 11	B-17 details	05 Ost S/AT-9: 4300m [Stade]	16.2
18/03/1944	Hptm.	JG 11	B-24 details	DQ-DP: 6000m	15.15
18/03/1944	Hptm.	JG 11	B-24 details	-	-
18/03/1944	Hptm.	JG 11	B-24 details	-	-
08/04/1944	Major	JG 11	B-24 details	05 Ost S/EB: 7000m [bei Uelzen]	13.45-50
11/04/1944	Major	JG 11	B-24 details	05 Ost S/FR-FQ: 7500m [E. Lingen]	10.4
15/04/1944	Major	JG 11	P-38 details	-	-
04/05/1944	Major	JG 11	P-47 details	05 Ost S/ET-ES: 7000m [W. Verden]	10.27
08/05/1944	Major	JG 11	B-17 details	ES-6/EU-4: [Bassum-Fallingbostel]	10.55
08/05/1944	Major	JG 11	B-17 details	EU-1/ET-3: [Visselhövde]	12
12/05/1944	Major	JG 11	B-17 details	50km vor Weisbaden	12.30-35
13/05/1944	Major	JG 11	P-47 details	UA-TA: 4000m [Plön-Kiel]	13.5
19/05/1944	Major	JG 11	B-17 details	-	-
22/05/1944	Major	JG 11	B-17 details	-	-
24/12/1944	Major	JG 26	P-47 details	PL-PM : 4000m [Durbuy-Stavelot]	12.28
24/12/1944	Major	JG 26	P-47 details	PL-PM : 1000-1500m [Durbuy-Stavelot]	12.3
01/01/1945	Major	JG 26	Spitfire details	Brüssel	9.25
14/01/1945	Major	JG 26	P-47 details	ON: [E. Liege]	12.05
14/01/1945	Major	JG 26	P-51 details	Remscheid	12.15
01/02/1945	Major	JG 300		-	-
07/03/1945	Major	JG 11	Jak-9 details	15 Ost S/43498: [Raum Küstrin]	9.25
23/03/1945	Major	JG 11	Il-2 details	15 Ost S/4391: [Raum Küstrin]	14.33
23/03/1945	Major	JG 11	Il-2 details	15 Ost S/4391: [Raum Küstrin]	14.4

Aircraft for : Anton Hackl

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Me109

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Manufacturer : Messerschmitt
Production Began : 1937
Retired : 1945
Number Built : 33984

Me109

Willy Messerschmitt designed the BF109 during the early 1930s. The Bf109 was one of the first all metal monocoque construction fighters with a closed canopy and retractable undercarriage. The engine of the Me109 was a V12 aero engine which was liquid-cooled. The Bf109 first saw operational service during the Spanish Civil War and flew to the end of World War II, during which time it was the backbone of the Luftwaffe fighter squadrons. During the Battle of Britian the Bf109 was used in the role of an escort fighter, a role for which it was not designed for, and it was also used as a fighter bomber. During the last days of May 1940 Robert Stanford-Tuck, the RAF ace, got the chance to fly an Me109 which they had rebuilt after it had crash landed. Stanford-Tuck found out that the Me109 was a wonderful little plane, it was slightly faster than the Spitfire, but lacked the Spitfire manoeuvrability. By testing the Me109, Tuck could put himself inside the Me109 when fighting them, knowing its weak and strong points. With the introduction of the improved Bf109F in the spring of 1941, the type again proved to be an effective fighter during the invasion of Yugoslavia and during the Battle of Crete and the invasion of Russia and it was used during the Siege of the Mediteranean island of Malta. The Bf109 was the main fighter for the Luftwaffe until 1942 when the Fw190 entered service and shared this position, and was partially replaced in Western Europe, but the Me109 continued to serve on the Eastern Front and during the defence of the Reich against the allied bombers. It was also used to good effect in the Mediterranean and North Africa in support of The Africa Korps. The Me109 was also supplied to several German allies, including Finland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovakia. The Bf109 scored more kills than any other fighter of any country during the war and was built in greater numbers with a total of over 31,000 aircraft being built. The Bf109 was flown by the three top German aces of the war war. Erich Hartmann with 352 victories, Gerhard Barkhorn with 301 victories and Gunther Rall with 275 kills. Bf109 pilots were credited with the destruction of 100 or more enemy aircraft. Thirteen Luftwaffe Aces scored more than 200 kills. Altogether this group of pilots were credited with a total of nearly 15,000 kills, of which the Messerschmitt Bf109 was credited with over 10,000 of these victories. The Bf109 was the most produced warplane during World War II, with 30,573 examples built during the war, and the most produced fighter aircraft in history, with a total of 33,984 units produced up to April 1945. Bf109s remained in foreign service for many years after World War II. The Swiss used their Bf109Gs well into the 1950s. The Finnish Air Force did not retire their Bf109Gs until March 1954. Romania used its Bf109s until 1955. The Spanish Hispanos flew even longer. Some were still in service in the late 1960s.

Squadrons for : Anton Hackl
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Squadron	Info
JG11 Country : Germany Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG11	JG11 Full profile not yet available.
JG26 Country : Germany Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG26	JG26 Jagdgeschwader 26 Schlageter was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. It operated mainly in Western Europe against Great Britain, France and the United States but also saw service against Russia. It was named after Albert Leo Schlageter, a World War I veteran and Freikorps member arrested and executed by the French for sabotage in 1923. Commanders of II. Gruppe JG 26 Hptm. Werner Palm, 1 May 1939 – 27 June 1939 Hptm Herwig Knüppel, 28 June 1939 – 19 May 1940 Hptm Karl Ebbighausen, 20 May 1940 – 31 May 1940 Hptm. Erich Noack, 1 June 1940 – 24 July 1940 Hptm Karl Ebbighausen, 25 July 1940 – 16 August 1940 Hptm Erich Bode, 17 August 1940 – 3.10.40 Hptm Walter Adolph, 4 October 1940 – 18 September 1941 Hptm Joachim Müncheberg, 19 September 1941 – 21 July 1942 Hptm Conny Meyer, 22 July 1942 – 2 January 1943 Maj Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland, 3 January 43 – 17 August 1943 Hptm Hans Naumann, 18 August 1943 – 8 September 1943 ObLt Johannes Seifert, 9 September 1943 – 25 November 1943 Maj Wilhelm Gäth, 26 November 1943 – 1 March 1944 Hptm Hans Naumann, 2 March 1944 – 28 June 1944 Hptm Emil Lang, 29 June 1944 – 3 September 1944 Hptm Georg-Peter Eder, 4 September 1944 – 8 October 1944 Maj Anton Hackl, 9 October 1944 – 29 January 45 ObLt Waldemar Radener, 30 January 1945 – 22 February 1945 Hptm Paul Schauder, 23 February 1945 – 1 May 1945
JG300 Country : Germany Founded : 26th June 1943 Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG300	JG300 Jagdgeschwader 300 (JG 300) was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. JG 300 was formed on June 26, 1943 in Deelen as Stab/Versuchskommando Herrmann, from July 18, 1943 as Stab/JG Herrmann, and then finally redesignated on August 20, 1943 to Stab/JG 300. Its first Geschwaderkommodore was Oberstleutnant Hajo Herrmann.
JG76 Country : Germany Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG76	JG76 JG76 22.7.44 - 8.44 Rotenburg Bf 109G 8.44 - 28.8.44 Athis (France) Bf 109G 28.8.44 - 10.44 Freiburg Bf 109G Controlling: II./JG52 10.44 - 11.44 Felsoe-Abrany Bf 109G 11.44 - 1.45 Imely (Hungary) Bf 109G Controlling: I./JG53, II./JG52, II./JG51 and ung. JGr.101 1.45 - 3.45 Veszprem Bf 109G Controlling: I./JG53, II./JG52, II./JG51 and ung. JGr.101 3.45 - 4.45 Wien Bf 109G Controlling: I./JG53, II./JG52, II./JG51 and ung. JGr.101 .Gruppe: 1/JG76 Gruppenkommandeure: Hptm Wilfried Müller-Rienzburg, 1.5.39 - 1.40 Maj Richard Kraut, 2.40 - 4.7.40 Formed 1.5.39 in Wien-Aspern. On 4.7.40 redesignated II./JG54. Used Bf 109E fighters. Bases: 5.39 - 8.39 Wien-Aspern 8.39 - 9.10.39 Ottmütz - various forward airfields were used in Poland. 9.10.39 - 2.11.39 Gelnhausen 2.11.39 - ?2.40 Frankfurt/Rhein-Main 2.40 - 5.40 Walldorf, Ober-Olm (there 10.5.40) 5.40 - 21.6.40 used various airfields in the West, including Ghent, Evreux, Vitry-en-Artois, Poiz, Paris-Orly and Orleans 21.6.40 - 4.7.40 Waalhaven and Vlissingen
JG77 Country : Germany Founded : May 1939 'Ace of Hearts' Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG77	JG77 Herz As (Ace of Hearts) was a Luftwaffe fighter wing during World War II. It served in all the German theaters of war, from Western Europe to the Eastern Front, and from the high north in Norway to the Mediterranean. JG 77 was formed in May 1939 with I. and II. Gruppe. III./JG 77 was formed on 5 July 1940 in Trondheim from the II(J)./JG 186. I./ JG 77 was reorganized on 21 November 1940 into IV./JG 51 and a new I./JG 77 was established. In January 1942 I./JG 77 was transferred to I./JG 5 and a new I./JG 77 was created. In April 1942 1. Staffel was transferred to Romania and designated the defence unit for the Ploie?ti oil fields at Mizil. (This staffel was redesignated 1./JG 4 in August 1942.)

Last edited : 12:50, April 10, 2013
Last editor : kc

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