US tank ferry sunk in Main during manoeuvre
Title

US tank ferry sunk in Main during manoeuvre

Caption

An US soldier wades through the mud at the riverbanks of the Main near Klein-Ostheim in Hesse on the 9th of November in 1961.
The American soldiers try to recover a ferry, which had sunk in the river Main.
The ferry, loaded with two heavy tanks and an armoured personnel carrier, had sunk during heavy rainfall. A soldier of the ferry crew drowned.

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Date

09 nov. 1961

Credit line

Photo12/dpa-pa

Reference

DPA13A03_408

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

62,0Mo (3,1Mo) / 34,8cm x 44,6cm / 4113 x 5267 (300dpi)

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