War Epic Of The Air 1939

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Full titles read: "WAR EPIC OF THE AIR"

M/S Pilot at controls of RAF (NOTE: this part of the item is missing - sound only) coastal command aircraft. M/S and C/U Captain of sunken boat thanking RAF (Royal Air Force) pilots who saved him after his ship...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20358
Sort Number:
39/076
Time in/Out:
01:19:40:00 / 01:21:06:00
Canister:
39/76
Film ID:
1023.23
Issue Date:
28/09/1939

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0:010:020:030:04

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  • "Captain of sunken boat" - that's Joseph Schofield, and his boat was named Kensington Court.

    The Kensington Court was sunk by U-boat U-32 on 18 September 1939.

    The two RAF men seen here are the pilots of the two Sunderland flying-boat that flew to the crew's rescue, namely Flt Lt Thurston M.W. Smith and Flt Lt John Barrett.

    Attached is a magazine article of the era about this very story......

    www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/vie
    w/1939/1939-1- - 0861.html

    jamied 26th Jun 2012
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