Picture No | 10652748 |
Date | 26 May 1941 |
Description | Catalina spots Bismarck in heavy sea by G. H. Davis |
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A Catalina flying boat (seaplane) spotting the damaged German battleship Bismarck in a heavy sea: the flying boat under severe attack by enemy fire during the Second World War. The position notified to the fleet led to the Bismarck's final destruction, 400 miles off the coast of France.
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Source | Illustration by George Horace Davis in ‘The Illustrated London News’, 7 June 1941, pp738-9 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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