The Archive · 1939

German Beaplane Brought Down in Ocean

These pictures are among the most unusual yet produced by the suropean war. They show, above, a German seaplane brought down in the ocean with two of the crew rowing away in a rubber boat, leaving. two behind stranded. Below, the crew of a British destroyer watching rescue The two on board the plane were after. wards picked up, The plane was included in a squadron which attacked British naval unit for five hours, dropping 100 bombs, none of which found their mark, but British' anti-aircraft fire found this mark,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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