RESCUE COMEDY
SAILORS AND AIRMEN While a Royal Air Force general _ reconnaissance plane was observing German troop movements over France recently, its petrol tanks were holed by anti-aircraft fire. The pilot toward the sea and tried to reach England, but as his fuel van out he was compelled to bring the monoplane down on the sea. He landed alongside a small naval vessel to facilitate rescue, and the crew clambered out on to the wings, states the ‘ News of the World.’ . Sailors from the naval craft at once swarmed over the side of their vessel and took up positions on the monoplane’s wing. Alarmed for the safety of his crew, the pilot pointed out to the sailors that ho had landed to bo rescued by the ship. “ That’s funny,’’ said one sailor. li Wa jumped on to your piano to ho
rescued ourselves. You see, we've just been torpedoed.” / Both crews remained clinging to the plane wreckage until a destroyer hove in sight to rescue them.
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Evening Star, Issue 23665, 27 August 1940, Page 9
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166RESCUE COMEDY Evening Star, Issue 23665, 27 August 1940, Page 9
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