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| Picture No | 10610828 |
| Date | 1939 |
| Description | Drama in the North Sea, German raider force down 1939 |
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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.
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| Source | Unattributed photograph in 'The Sphere', 28 October 1939, page 115 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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