capt_birdseye
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Does anyone know a good refernce source for WW II Airborne Lifeboats ? These were dropped by parachute to downed Aircrew. Cheers ! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Airborne Lifeboats
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Sixpence
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You may get on better on the BMPT forum , PM if you want more info
Casey
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There was an airborne lifeboat in the Classic Boat Museum in Newport IOW last year. They may be able to help you.
kds
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The atalanta owners association has some information, And, before someone says it - the atalanta was not a modified one - it was developed for Fairey marine from an Uffa Fox dinghy !
Ken
Ken
Poignard
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Memory could be playing tricks but I seem to remember seeing one of these under a lean-to at Brooklands Museum a few years ago. It was of very light wooden construction. I think someone was planning to restore it.
SwedishLass
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Motor Boat and Yachting ran an article in May 31st 1968 "Airborne Lifeboats, Conception & Design" this was an extract from Uffa Fox's book "Seamanlike sense in Powercraft". If you have trouble locating it I can Photocopy & send.
Kristal
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Seeing as Uffa Fox did a good deal of work on them, try this website, which gives you the option to email him (!). I am about to do just that, as he once said some nice things about my boat and I'd like to thank him.
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PS: I've perused the website, as yet have found no reference to the great man's alleged fondness for frequent nakedness at sea.
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PS: I've perused the website, as yet have found no reference to the great man's alleged fondness for frequent nakedness at sea.
oldfrank
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There was a good old boy called Stephen Brewster Daniels who lived in Great Yarmouth and wrote a book called 'Rescue from the skies'. I suspect this is probably the definitive work on airborne lifeboats - which were rendered entirely obsolete by helicopters.
Stephen died last year but spent several war years working at Herbert Woods yard at Potter Heigham building ABLs. I wouldn't be convinced they were necessarily Uffa's finest hour.
Old Frank.
Stephen died last year but spent several war years working at Herbert Woods yard at Potter Heigham building ABLs. I wouldn't be convinced they were necessarily Uffa's finest hour.
Old Frank.
oldfrank
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I should have added that the east coast was central to air sea rescue during the latter parts of the war in Europe. 700 rescued airmen (mainly US) were returned by Gorleston station alone. It wasn't uncommon to see a thousand bombers in the sky at once. OF
krissteyn
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Down here in Cape Town, A restoration project is starting on one of these that was launched from the Shackleton...
capt_birdseye
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I obtained a copy of the book via my local library ... Very interesting publication, and well worth the 34p booking fee. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
