RESCUES FROM SEA
LIFEBOATS FOR AIRMEN DROPPED BY PARACHUTES (Rec. 10 p.m.) LONDON, May 30. An air-borne lifeboat for dropping by parachute ’to a shipwrecked bomber’s' crew was recently used for the first time to rescue the crew of a Halifax bomber forced down six miles from England. An air-sea rescue Hudson dropped a lifeboat from 1000 feet, and it alighted within 20 yards of a dinghy in which the Halifax crew were awaiting help. The crew got the engines going in a few minutes and set off for England at six knots undei air protection. The lifeboat contains two motors, full changes of clothing, medical supplies, pyrotechnics, a portable wireless set, sails and oars, as well os petrol to travel a considerable distance.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25239, 31 May 1943, Page 3
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124RESCUES FROM SEA Otago Daily Times, Issue 25239, 31 May 1943, Page 3
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