RAF Station Pembroke Dock, Wales. C. 1941-12. The crew of a British bomber aircraft which had ...

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Accession Number SUK15097
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

RAF Station Pembroke Dock, Wales. C. 1941-12. The crew of a British bomber aircraft which had come down in the Atlantic and drifted for hours in a two-man dinghy. They were rescued by a Sunderland aircraft of No. 10 Squadron RAAF captained by Flight Lieutenant R. E. Burrage (in cap) which had sighted them and alighted on the sea to rescue them.