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Interview with Eric Haynes
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Eric Haynes recalls his service in the RAF as a coxswain in Air Sea Rescue. He enlisted on 4 September 1939 as a photographer; however, when he was mustered in January 1940, he was told there were no photography spaces. He entered service as RAF…
Interview with Ronald Huntley
Ron Huntley recounts his service in the RAF from May 1941, when he joined as a flight mechanic. His path to joining the RAF was unconventional; being given the option between continuing to work nights in his government job or volunteering for the war…
Interview with Terry Lloyd
Terry Lloyd’s older brother was a wireless operator in Bomber Command and became a prisoner of war. Terry was also determined to join the RAF as aircrew. However, he was rejected due to his eyesight and served on Air Sea Rescue launches. Terry was…
Interview with Charles Meacock
Charles responded to a newspaper article for motorboat crew and joined the Royal Air Force in July 1941. He was, eventually, called up to RAF Cardington and kitted out at Penarth, with an Initial Training Wing at Weston-super-Mare. From Great…
Interview with Peter Olney
Peter Olney recounts his service in the RAF from October 1942 to November 1946. Due to his previous maritime experience, Peter was accepted as an AC2 for motorboat crew and in December 1942 was posted to RAF Carswell for marine craft training. After…
Interview with Frank Standen
Frank Standen recounts his service in the RAF from 1941. At the age of 18 he decided to leave his job as a railway clerk and join the RAF for aircrew training. After being accepted, he was informed that he had a lazy eye muscle and decided to…
Interview with Kenneth Stoker
Kenneth Stoker, (b. 1926), served in the RAF Marine Branch from March 1944. He was demobbed 1948. Ken was posted to Ceylon, India, and Burma, where he joined the Air Sea Rescue. His duties were to be available in the event that any aircrew needed…
Interview with Henry Morris
Henry Morris, (b. 1922 Royal Air Force) served as a wireless operator in the Marine Branch, Air Sea Rescue. He was, initially, sent to New York before being posted to 211 OTU RAF Oakes Field, Nassau as part of Costal Command. On returning to the…
294 Squadron crest
294 squadron of Middle East Command, a search and rescue squadron.
German Air Sea Rescue Service
Two mounted photographs of Allied airmen rescued by the German Air Sea Rescue Service. The page has the text: "Rescued by the German Air Sea Rescue Service. Informations [sic] from Brain Walley, 7 Solomon St, Fremantle, W.A. 6160".
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Newspaper cutting - Planes snatched doomed airmen from the sea
Relates story of Two crews rescued. The first when a Lancaster crew saw lights in sea and signalling air sea rescue who recovered seven exhausted airmen. The second a Lancaster crew ditched a badly shot up bomber were rescued by a fishing vessel…
Chan Chandler's biography
A biography of Chan's life.
He flew 95 operations as Wireless Operator / Air Gunner, Gunnery Leader and Cameraman with 49 and 617 Squadrons and survived nine days adrift in the North Sea. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and a rare Soviet…
He flew 95 operations as Wireless Operator / Air Gunner, Gunnery Leader and Cameraman with 49 and 617 Squadrons and survived nine days adrift in the North Sea. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and a rare Soviet…
Two newspaper articles about Chan Chandler's ditching
#1 is a brief account in the Daily Express.
#2 is a more detailed account of the successful ditching
#2 is a more detailed account of the successful ditching
Heslington Hall Grounds
Douglas, standing left, in uniform with pilot's brevet. To the right is a man in uniform, air gunner's brevet and officer's cap. Both men have a medal ribbon under their brevets. On reverse, 'Heslington Hall 1943 Grounds with air sea rescue officer…
RAF Marine air-sea rescue craft and naval vessel in harbour
Five RAF marine air-sea rescue craft alongside pier at Immingham Docks with Royal Navy Minesweeper and cranes in the background. Two Air Sea Rescue boats have numbers 1501 and 2552, the Minesweeper is HMS Melita M289.
Squadron Leader W D B Ruth
Head and shoulders portrait of an RAF officer wearing tunic with pilot's brevet, distinguished flying cross ribbon and side cap. Captioned 'Sqn Ldr W D B Ruth No 207 Squadron who now has a bar to his DFC'. Annotated 'My flight commander'. On the…
The Log of the "Scorpion"
Details of the escape of 12 Australian aircrew from Indonesia.
Lancaster with lifeboat
Two men in khaki and shorts are standing under the nose of a Lancaster. There is a 'Uffa Fox' lifeboat fitted underneath the Lancaster.