A Walrus aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm, on patrol, sighted survivors from a torpedoed ship struggling in rough seas. The pilot landed his machine on the water and taxied to a lifeboat with two survivors, rescued the two men after a number of mishaps and taxied his machine for two miles to the main body of survivors, despite damage to his aircraft. He then swam with a tow line to an empty lifeboat, made it fast to the aircraft, swam back to his machine and towed the lifeboat to pick up survivors in the water, helped by directions from a second Walrus plane which had arrived.
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Waikato Times, Volume 130, Issue 21688, 26 March 1942, Page 5
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107A Walrus aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm, on patrol, sighted survivors from a torpedoed ship struggling in rough seas. The pilot landed his machine on the water and taxied to a lifeboat with two survivors, rescued the two men after a number of mishaps and taxied his machine for two miles to the main body of survivors, despite damage to his aircraft. He then swam with a tow line to an empty lifeboat, made it fast to the aircraft, swam back to his machine and towed the lifeboat to pick up survivors in the water, helped by directions from a second Walrus plane which had arrived. Waikato Times, Volume 130, Issue 21688, 26 March 1942, Page 5
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