Sujet

Recovery of US tank ferry sunk in Main

Légende

A hydraulically extendable military bridge of 60 tons weight is installed to help to recover vehicles (l) from a ferry on the 9th of November in 1961, which had sunk in the river Main near Klein-Ostheim in Hesse.
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

Crédit

Photo12/dpa-pa

Notre référence

DPA13A03_409

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

61,7Mo (2,8Mo) / 45,0cm x 34,4cm / 5312 x 4060 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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