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US tank ferry sunk during manoeuvre in Main

Soldiers of the US army try to recover a ferry which has sunk in the river Main near Klein-Ostheim in Hesse on the 9th of November in 1961.
The ferry, loaded with two heavy tanks and an armoured personnel carrier, had sunk during heavy rainfall. A soldier of the ferry crew drowned. 09/11/1961

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Title:

US tank ferry sunk during manoeuvre in Main

Caption:

Soldiers of the US army try to recover a ferry which has sunk in the river Main near Klein-Ostheim in Hesse on the 9th of November in 1961. The ferry, loaded with two heavy tanks and an armoured personnel carrier, had sunk during heavy rainfall. A soldier of the ferry crew drowned.

Event date:

09/11/1961

Location:

KLEIN-OSTHEIM • HESSEN • GERMANY

Credit:

Album / picture alliance / Heinz-Jürgen Goettert

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Image size:

5278 x 3950 px | 59.6 MB

Print size:

44.7 x 33.4 cm | 17.6 x 13.2 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ACCIDENT • AFTER-WAR PERIOD • AQUATIC • ARMED FORCES • ARMOURED VEHICLE • ARMY: MANOUEVRE • COLD WAR • COURSE • CRASH • EEUU • EXERCISE • FERRY BOAT • FERRY • GERMANY • HESSEN • HISTORIC ARCHIVE • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • KLEIN-OSTHEIM • LOSS • MANEUVER MANÖVER MANOEUVRE • MANEUVER • MANOEUVRE • MILITAR • MILITARS • MILITARY EXERCISE • MILITARY • OCCUPATION • OPERATION • POST-WAR ERA • POST-WAR PERIOD • POST-WAR_ERA • PRACTICE (SPORTS) • PRACTICE • PRACTISE • REHEARSAL • RIO • RIVER • RIVERS • RUIN • RUINS • SURGERY • TANK • TRAINING (SPORTS) • TROOPS • U. S. A • UNITED STATES • USA • VEHICLES • WATER SUPPLY • WATER