ATLANTIC RESCUE
VICTIMS OF SUBMARINE * PICKED UP BY PLANES CREW OF 34 MEN BRITISH PILOTS’ SKILL (Reed. Sept. 22, 1.15 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 21. An official announcement states that two Royal Air Force flying-boats were responsible for a magnificent feat in rescuing the entire crew of 34 men from the Kensington Court, which was torpedoed on the Atlatnic. The aircraft were engaged on patrol duty over the Atlantic when they picked up an SOS from the English tramp saying that she was sinking. The aircraft arrived on the scene 10 minutes before the vessel sank.
The pilots saw a small boat packed with men. Other members of the crew were clinging to the sides of the boat. Tlie pilots made a quick search for the submarine.
Then, while one kept watch aloft, the other alighted. Fourteen men, some in a desperate condition, were pulled aboard the flying boat. The taking-orf presented difficulty owing to the heavy load.
The other machine then descended and rescued 20 of the men.
As the flying boats were speeding to England the rescued men told how one lifeboat capsized and the other was in danger of sinking as help came.
This was the first time that shipwrecked sailors had been rescued by the air arm.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20049, 22 September 1939, Page 8
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210ATLANTIC RESCUE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20049, 22 September 1939, Page 8
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