The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
At Sea. C. 1945-04. An airborne lifeboat, suspended from five parachutes, being dropped from a RAF Warwick air/sea rescue aircraft dead on to the sea marker, which is giving off a pillar of smoke, to rescue an American Catalina flying boat crew. Just above the lifeboat can be seen the supplies, also parachute-borne.
At Sea. C. 1945-04. The airborne lifeboat righting itself just after hitting the water after being dropped from a RAF Warwick air-sea rescue aircraft to rescue an American Catalina flying boat crew.
At Sea. C. 1945-04. The crew of an American Catalina flying boat after they had been transferred from their dinghy to the airborne lifeboat dropped from a RAF Warwick air-sea rescue aircraft.
England. C. 1944-10. The airborne lifeboat, dropped by parachute, is a new device of Air Sea Rescue. The lifeboat, made of wood with two buoyancy chambers, twenty seven feet in length, complete with s
England. C. 1944-10. The airborne lifeboat, dropped by parachute, is a new device of Air Sea Rescue. The lifeboat, made of wood with two buoyancy chambers, twenty seven feet in length, complete with s
England. C. 1944-10. The airborne lifeboat, dropped by parachute, is a new device of Air-Sea Rescue. The lifeboat, made of wood with two buoyancy chambers, twenty seven feet in length, complete with s
England. C. 1944-10. The airborne lifeboat, dropped by parachute, is a new device of Air Sea Rescue. The lifeboat, made of wood with two buoyancy chambers, twenty seven feet in length, complete with s
