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First pictures of the sinking of British ships by the Graf Spee. The crew of a captured Endglish ship being taken aboard the Graf Speein the South Atlantic.

U.S. COAST GUARD RESQUES ALLIED AIRMEN. Two Allied airmen downed in a crash landing in the English Channel smile gratefully at U.S. Coast Guardsmen who resqued them from the sea. The airmen ran out of gas when they flew into an electrical storm on their return from a mission over Germany. Forced to make a crash landing, they were picked up by the crew of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter on patrol off the ...

U.S. COAST GUARD RESCUES ALLIED AIRMAN. An Allied airman whose Mosquito bomber crashed into the English Channel is wrapped in blankets by crewmen of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter after he was rescued from the sea. The cutter heads for Cherbourg, Allied port in Northern France, flashing radio word for an ambulance to carry the injured aviator to a hospital. The Coast Guard's Rescue Flotilla is credited ...

Athenia survivor comes home on a stretcher. Mrs. W.B. Sage, of Salt Lake City, Utah, is shown as she was carried from the S.S. Orizaba, which docked at New York, September 27 with 150 American survivors of the Athenia disaster, many of whom, like Mrs. Sage, were injured.

U.S. COAST GUARD RESCUES ALLIED AIRMEN. Wrapped in blankets, RCAF Flight Officer Robert Griffith of Toronto, Canada, thanks U.S. Coast Guardsmen who rescued him and RAF Flying Officer Michael Gribbin of Oxfordshire, England, from the sea after a crash landing in the English Channel. Forced down when their plane ran out of gas in an electrical storm on their return from a mission over Germany, the two ...

German submarine captured by U.S. Navy ships off West Africa. Members of the crew of the captured U-505 mount the ladder of the U.S.S. Guadalcanal. The only German casualty, killed by strafing when he attempted to man a deck gun aboard the U-boat, has been strapped to a litter fro transfer to the secort carrier. Of the 59-man German crew, 58 were rescued from the sea and imprisoned aboard the Guad ...

U.S. cutter picks up crewmenm of U-boat sunk in Atlantic. A German sailor floating in the Atlantic holds his hands aloft and pleads for help after the submarine of which he was a crew member was sunk by a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. He was rescued and held prisoner, along with several of his comrades. The Coast Guard cutter was serving in an Alllied convoy when the action took place.

Bijschrift: "Taken directly after the survivor had been brought aboard the "Maria Amelia"" foto direct genomen nadat de overlevenden aan boord van de "Maria Amelia" zijn gebracht"

Crews from Bombed tralers arrive home. Officers and men from H.M. trawlers, the BradmanHammondLarwood, and Cape Siretoko,recently sunk after aerial bombardemnet off the Norwegian coast, arrived at an East Coast port. No loss of lifo was reported from any of the vessels. Phot shows: Seaman McRea, of HM trawler Hammonddraws his first pay after landing in England. McRea had been fitted temporarily with ...

Overlevenden 'Polyphemus'. V.l.n.r. midshipman Simpkuis, 2e hofmeester S. v.d. Velde, 2e machinist, 1e off. H. Brandenburg. NI 6470