Captain of sunken ships thanks RAF pilot for rescuing them.
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Short Summary
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Description
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Data
- Film ID:
- 1023.23
- Media URN:
- 20358
- Group:
- Pathe newsreels
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 28/09/1939
- Sound:
- Sound
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:01:26:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:19:40:00 / 01:21:06:00
- Canister:
- 39/76
Unknown user says
"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