AIR-SEA RESCUE LAUNCH 2586 - AND OTHERS - High-speed launch 2586, built for the Air-Sea Rescue Service. Her purpose is to save the lives of airmen stranded on the seas. she was built at a Thames- side shipyard. She is 76 feet long, has a speed of 30 knots and is powered by 3 - 500 Napier Sea Lion engines driving three screws. Ten men form her crew, one of them an officer. She has a sick bay, gun turrets and sleeping quarters. After final tests and fitting up launch 2586 went to operational base to start her work. The Air-Sea Rescue Service works with the Navy. When a distress call
AIR-SEA RESCUE LAUNCH 2586 - AND OTHERS - High-speed launch 2586, built for the Air-Sea Rescue Service. Her purpose is to save the lives of airmen stranded on the seas. she was built at a Thames- side shipyard. She is 76 feet long, has a speed of 30 knots and is powered by 3 - 500 Napier Sea Lion engines driving three screws. Ten men form her crew, one of them an officer. She has a sick bay, gun turrets and sleeping quarters. After final tests and fitting up launch 2586 went to operational base to start her work. The Air-Sea Rescue Service works with the Navy. When a distress call is picked up, Flying Control Officer details a search aircraft. At the same time a rescue launch speeds to the point given in the The aircraft sights the distressed airmen and communicates with the launch. Another life is snatched from the "drink". Air-Sea Rescue launches often tackle dangerous rescues in mined and enemy waters. They never falter and rarely fail. (Picture issued 1943) The official Air/Sea Rescue badge. It is light blue on a black background, Royal Air Force
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