Drama in the North Sea, German raider force down 1939
A scene out in the North Sea showing the crew of a German flying boat, which had participated in an air attack upon ships of the British fleet waiting to be rescued by a British destroyer having been brought down after an action that lasted five hours. The bomber came down in the sea, the crew too k to their collapsible rubber boat, and were then rescued. The German plane was then sunk by gunfire
Picture No
13989929
Media ID
45427969
Size
4000px x 4552px
(1.3MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Sphere', 28 October 1939, page 115
Date
1939
