The Archive · 1941

The End of a German Bomber

The Battle of the Atlantic is proving costly to the Nazis as the First Sea Lord. Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, revealed in London on Sunday. Picture shows a four-engined Nazi Focke-Wulf Kurier that attempted to attack a convoy in the Atlantic. Sighted by a Lockheed Hudson (American-build R.A.F. plane), the Nazi machine was quickly engaged and shot down. Members of the crew of the German plane are seen swimming in the sea near their plane. They were rescued.

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