Following the German invasion in the Netherlands, eight escaped Dutch navy T.VIIIws equipped No 320 (Dutch) Sqn for a few months. They flew anti-submarine patrols from Pembroke Dock, Wales - note the Sunderland. This machine, AV961, formerly R-7, was also used for a failed nocturnal mission to pick up four men from a Dutch lake. Production of the type continued for the Luftwaffe and it saw service in the Aegean, but was replaced by the Arado Ar 196 by September 1942. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie
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