Army Plane Drops Rubber Boat To Fliers Down at Sea

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Practice at saving airmen down at sea is part of the regular training of every army flier in Hawaiian territory. Most of their operations are over the ocean, and each man must know how to save himself or the other fellow. A rescue plane flies low above the men in the water and a rubber boat is dropped, which can be inflated with a gas bottle, The men then climb aboard and float until rescued.

Title (Dublin Core)
Army Plane Drops Rubber Boat To Fliers Down at Sea
Subject (Dublin Core)
en
en
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
Army Plane Drops Rubber Boat To Fliers Down at Sea
Language (Dublin Core)
Eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core)
World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core)
1942-08
Is Part Of (Dublin Core)
Popular Mechanics, vol. 78, n. 2, 1942
pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
76
Rights (Dublin Core)
Public domain
Source (Dublin Core)
Google books
References (Dublin Core)
Hawaii
Archived by (Dublin Core)
Enrico Saonara