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Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "War Related" Collection ddr-njpa-13
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Clipping photo of a flying boat taking off from the Schwabenland (ddr-njpa-13-995)
Caption on front: "THE SCHWABENLAND CATAPULTS THE NORDMER. In Long Island Sound, off Larchmont, the German mother ship 'Schwabenland' shot the Deutsche Lufthansa flyingboat 'Nordmeer' into the air on her return flight to the Azores. Shortly before the 'Nordwind' had arrived, completing her first westward flight."