Prudent Engineer ?
Originally Posted by
Sunfish
...and a prudent engineer would have left the tag wired to the mount to provide identification.
I don't know whether you have the correct word in "prudent" there Sunfish, for it is normal practice (as discussed earlier) to remove all tags when installing components.
The W/O on the patrol, Keith Nurse described the tag as only being small maybe 2" by 1" so maybe it got missed if it was the labeling tag wired on by the foundry or someone at Lockheed on receipt after manufacture or repair. I tend to think more of an "oversight".