European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The floating Rolls with the motion of but it will still allow a naval plane to land and to take floating Fields swimming tanks this has been a War of and Harlly a week passes without one of the allies revealing one of its censored pet the British take the spotlight on this Page with two of their trickier floating Airfield and a method for making tanks the floating Airfield is a big brother of the famous Swiss a floating strip which vehicles could be driven from ship to Shore through Lily the official name for the is simply a floating pad of flexible Metal and com 520 feet Long and 60 feet the swimming Donald used on the Normandy beachhead and in the Rhine were regular waterproofed and fitted with propellers in the rear and Canvas screen ing All they could be launched offshore to approach a showing Only a foot or two above water and making a Small and difficult a British tank Driver wears a modified Type submarine escape apparatus As added Protection for a m a British swordfish naval plane lands on the floating Lily gives a Little under the weight of the plane it is still sturdy enough to support a the dimple helps slow Down Landing Donald their rubberized sides still show their land 4n Germany after a crossing of