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Aviation History
1941
1941 - 1780.PDF
FLIGHT AUGUST 7m 1941. OCEAN HOSTEL New R.A.F. "Sea Shanties" Provide Every Comfort - ; ^5 FLOATING rescue stations (left) are nowbeing moored in the Channel for R.A.F.airmen who may be forced down in the sea. Built of metal and painted bright yellow and red to make them conspicuous, these "ocean hostels" are clearly marked with the Red Cross and are equipped, as these pictures show, to provide immediate needs such as first-aid kit, dry clothes, food, cooking stove, signals, wireless receiving set, books and cigarettes. The rail and steps make it easier for men who may be exhausted or wounded to get aboard. The Germans have similar sea refuges. - Having donned dry clothes and lit a cigarette, the airman turns on theradio (top right) while he cooks himself a meal (bottom left) and then takes his ease with a little light reading (bottom right) while he awaitsthe arrival of a rescue launch.
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