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ANGLE AIRFIELD NEAR PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, AFTER LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED IN THE BAY OF BISCAY TO RESCUE SIXTEEN SURVIVORS OF TWO AIRCRAFT WHICH HAD CRASHED INTO THE BAY. THE SURVIVORS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE' AND THE SUNDERLAND'S HULL WAS HOLED ON THE SUBSEQUENT TAKEOFF CAUSING THE CAPTAIN, 400841 PILOT OFFICER G. O. SINGLETON, TO DECIDE TO LAND ON AN AIRFIELD RATHER THAN ALIGHT ON WATER AT HIS HOME BASE. THE LANDING WAS EFFECTED WITH LITTLE FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. A LIFEBOAT FROM FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE', TRANSFERRING FROM SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON, RAAF, SIXTEEN SURVIVORS OF TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT WHICH CRASHED INTO
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT
Pembroke Dock, Wales. 1943-05-29. After a large hole developed in the hull of his Short Sunderland flying boat after takeoff in the Bay of Biscay, the pilot, 400841 Flying Officer G.O. Singleton of No
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. THE 7 FEET BY 4 FEET HOLE IN THE SIDE OF A SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT E (T9114) OF NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF WAS CAUSED BY TAKING OFF IN ROUGH SEAS AFTER RESCUING SURVIVORS FROM TWO OT
ANGLE AIRFIELD, NEAR PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1943-05-29. THE SUNDERLAND FLYING BOAT E (T9114) OF NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF CAPTAINED BY 400841 PILOT OFFICER G. O. SINGLETON, ST KILDA, VIC, RESTS ON THE AERO
PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1943-05-29. THE 7 FEET BY 4 FEET HOLE IN THE SIDE OF A SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT E (T9114) OF NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF WAS CAUSED BY TAKING OFF IN ROUGH SEAS AFTER RESCUING SURVIVORS FROM
