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MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES ABOARD THE DUTCH TRANSPORT "COSTA RICA", KEEPING WATCH FOR ENEMY AIRCRAFT DURING THE EVACUATION FROM GREECE. DESPITE THESE PRECAUTIONS THE "COSTA RICA" WAS SUNK BY AN ENEMY AIRCRAFT ON THE 04-27, FORTUNATELY WITHOUT THE LOSS OF A SINGLE MAN OWING TO THE SPLENDID RESCUE WORK BY ROYAL NAVY DESTROYERS.
MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES CROWD THE DECK OF THE DUTCH TRANSPORT, "COSTA RICA" AS THEY CLEAN AND SET UP AUTOMATIC WEAPONS AS ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCES DURING THE EVACUATION FROM GREECE. DE
BREN GUNNERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES FIRING ON ENEMY AIRCRAFT ATTACKING THEIR TRANSPORT "COSTA RICA" DURING ONE OF THE MANY ATTACKS CARRIED OUT BY THE GERMANS AS THE TROOPS WERE BEING EVACUA
MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES RELAXING ABOARD THE DUTCH TRANSPORT, "COSTA RICA" DURING THE EVACUATION FROM GREECE. THE "COSTA RICA", WHICH WAS CARRYING 2500 TROOPS, COMPRISING THE 2/1ST MA
THE ROYAL NAVY DESTROYER HMS HEREWARD (H93) TAKING TROOPS OFF THE SINKING DUTCH TRANSPORT SS COSTA RICA WHICH WAS ATTACKED BY THREE GERMAN DIVE BOMBERS AT ABOUT 3PM. ALTHOUGH SHE WAS NOT HIT, A NEAR M
Informal portrait of troops boarding the British destroyer HMS Defender after their rescue from the Dutch transport SS Costa Rica which had been sunk after their evacuation from Greece. The Costa Ric
AT SEA, MEDITERRANEAN. 1941-04-27. THE COSTA RICA, A DUTCH TRANSPORT, SINKING AFTER A NEAR MISS FROM GERMAN AIRCRAFT OPENED PLATES ON HER PORT SIDE. THE VESSEL WAS EVACUATING TROOPS FROM KALAMATA, GRE
