Duck To The Rescue

[Dave Homewood]

Here's a neat article from Contact, Jan 44 about early RNZAF Air Sea Rescue

[JDK]

Excellent,
Thanks Dave. I love these totally unbelievable PR photo set-ups after the event. Dinky caps eh?

I doubt the real rescue happened through the nose hatch. Normal recovery drill in the RAF was for the dinghy to be brought under the wing root and the crewman would haul them in through the waist gun position. Why? It's closer to the waterline, it won't pitch like the nose (being amidships), you can lash the dinghy alongside easily and it won't spin around the position as it would at the nose, and there's more room to get out of the way once in the a/c - injured men can be laid out on the bed provided.

Thanks, most useful!

Cheers
James

(Author of the 'Supermarine Walrus & Stranraer' MMP Books.)

[Dave Homewood]

I knew you'd like that one James.

I have another article like this in another issue about the training of Walrus crews, which I'll scan soon.

[Dave Homewood]

Here you go James, more to feast the eyes on...

This was from a montage of various photos


And here's a full article on taining FB crews