Air Sea Rescue Bulletin
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Published: 1944
Total Pages: 318
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Author: United States Search and Rescue Agency
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Published: 1944
Total Pages: 872
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Search and Rescue Agency
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Published: 1944
Total Pages: 1078
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Great Britain. Air Ministry
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Published: 1942
Total Pages: 44
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Author: United States. Search and Rescue Agency
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Published: 1945
Total Pages: 140
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Wing, 65th
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Published: 1945
Total Pages: 130
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: L. Douglas Keeney
Publisher: Premiere
Published: 2013-10
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781619338432
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWorld War II arrived at a time when airplanes were scarcely thirty years old. Engines were small, passenger capacity was limited, and only the biggest of the flying boats had the fuel tanks and safety features necessary to cross the oceans. But war changed that quickly and within a year, bombers and fighters were routinely crossing the Mediterranean, the English Channel, and most daunting of all, the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. Naturally, the odds caught up with them and planes crashed. In time, hundreds of them were ditching a year and with that came the necessity to develop an air-sea rescue service — and from that comes this remarkable history of courage, willpower, and determination. The air-sea rescue service members faced hard choices and bad odds — but they flew each mission determined to save one more pilot, one more aircrew, and to bring one more man home again. Part of the "Lost Histories of World War II" series, this important work includes firsthand accounts unpublished for seventy years.
Author: Norman Franks
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2016-11-30
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 1473861306
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen the Second World War began in 1939 it was thought that it would be fought along the same lines as the First World War, with the Allied air forces operating from both Britain and France. With the fall of Britains Northern European Allies in May 1940, all that changed. From then onwards, RAF aircraft operating over enemy and enemy-held territory necessitated flights across both the North Sea and the English Channel. This meant that aircrew in difficulties would be forced to come down in both of these bodies of water. Therefore it was essential that some form of rescue service be made available to fish these airman from the water. But there were no aircraft in existence at that time that were designed for such a task: initially all that could be done was to use land planes to help locate anyone in the water, drop a dinghy to them, and then guide a boat to their position. Obviously a quicker and more reliable means of rescue was needed, and this came in the shape of the Supermarine Walrus, an amphibian airplane that could land on both sea and land. Several Flights of these airplanes were set up around the coast of Britain, concentrated mainly around the south and southeast of England. The Air Sea Rescue airmen did a magnificent job from 1941-45, rescuing hundreds of downed RAF and USAAF aircrew. It took a special type of airman to undertake these rescues and another kind of courage. As the war in North Africa developed, Walrus aircraft were needed in the Mediterranean, and later on either side of the Italian coast. Walrus squadrons operated just as successfully in this theater as around Britain. Aircrew operating over any stretch of water could always count on the ASR boys coming to their aid. This is their story.
Author: Kevin Blake
Publisher: Police: Search & Rescue!
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781943553129
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe passengers and crew of US Airways Fight 1549 feared the worst--the plane they were on was about to crash. The captain steadied the plane and landed it in the Hudson River. The passengers and crew evacuated to the wings of the plane as freezing water poured into the cabin. Moments later, the NYPD air-sea rescue team arrived. Specially trained police officers jumped from a helicopter into icy, fast-moving water. They swam to the victims and carried them through the water to safety. Dramatic, true stories will keep readers turning the pages as they learn about how these skilled police responders stay calm, think quickly, and act fast to address serious situations in which people or animals are lost or in danger. In addition, readers will go behind the scenes to see how these everyday heroes train for a wide variety of emergency rescues, so that they are ready to help day or night.
Author: Air Sea Rescuce Agency. U. S. Coast Guard
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Published: 1944
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