BAYEUX, FRANCE. 25 MARCH 1944. THE DESTROYER HMS SALADIN, RESCUING THE SURVIVORS OF SUNDERLAND ...

Place Europe: France
Accession Number 128308
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

BAYEUX, FRANCE. 25 MARCH 1944. THE DESTROYER HMS SALADIN, RESCUING THE SURVIVORS OF SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT M/461 FROM NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF. PILOTED BY FLYING OFFICER F. BUNCE, THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN ATTACKED BY NINE GERMAN JU-88 AIRCRAFT. THE SUNDERLAND DESTROYED ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE BEING ITSELF FORCED INTO THE SEA.