| There he lay, along one side of the tank between the engine and the sponson. |
| An eager gunner endeavoured to pass one of the tanks, but his gun caught the sponson and slipped off into the mud. |
| The crew chief was underneath the starboard sponson, trying to unseat the landing-gear pin, when my copilot released the brakes. |
| A bomb exploded directly beneath the sponson, where the dead body had fallen. |
| A 15-man life raft is installed either side in the forward section of each sponson. |
| He leaned on the rail and watched the departure of the officer of the faded blue cap with his crew of the sponson boat. |
