Rescued U-boat crew from U-701

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Rescued U-boat crew from U-701

Famous CG pilot Richard Burke poses with German survivors of the sunken u-boat U-701. Burke saved them off the coast of North Carolina after an Army Air Corps plane sank their u-boat.

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Tags: Burke, sar, WW2, Seaplane, U-Boat, U-701, PH-2

Photo by: USCG Historian's Office | VIRIN: 230505-G-G0000-103.JPG

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