Aviation History - July 2016

48 AH july 2016

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IN A TIGHT SPOT

Furious steams

toward Tondern

(above) with its

complement of Ships

Camels. Squadron

Commander Edwin

Dunning’s Pup

careens overboard

(below) during a fatal

landing attempt.