Location: Online Airborne lifeboat displayed: Mark III Link: https://www.facebook.com/airbornelifeboat The Shackleton Aviation Group were formed to protect, restore and put back to flight WR963. You can read about the group and their work on their website. And now they have taken on an airborne lifeboat: Thanks to a very generous donor, we recently took delivery… Continue reading Shackleton Aviation Group Mark III
Category: Museum
‘Centipede’ Mark IIA Restoration
Location: Online Airborne lifeboat displayed: Mark IIA Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1048169962297522 This is a fascinating record of the recovery of the Mark IIA lifeboat from Duxford and a painstaking and masterful rebuilding. It is full of insights from the team doing the work and from the many admirers and watchers following the group. Thoroughly recommended. of wood… Continue reading ‘Centipede’ Mark IIA Restoration
RAF Harrowbeer Archive
Location: Crapstone Road, PL20 6BT Plymouth, UKAirborne lifeboat displayed: Mark IALink: https://rafharrowbeer-dartmoor.org.uk/contact-us Michael Hayes has researched the history of the RAF Harrowbeer airfield near Yelverton, Devon. He has built a large archive accessible via ‘ Abigail’s at Knightstone Tearooms ‘. At the tearooms ask for Michael Hayes who will be happy to talk to you and show… Continue reading RAF Harrowbeer Archive
RAF Museum Hendon
Location: HendonAirborne lifeboat displayed: Mark IALink: https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk The RAF Museum have a restored Mark IA on their site at Hendon.
Scottish Maritime Museum
Photograph copyright of Scottish Maritime Museum Location: Linthouse Building, Harbour Rd, Irvine KA12 8BTAirborne lifeboat displayed: Mark II Link: https://www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org/irvine-museum/ The following text is taken from the Museum website. Please see the comment by Neville Cole below which indicates that the Museum’s text may be incorrect. As yet the query has not been confirmed. Airborne… Continue reading Scottish Maritime Museum
Imperial War Museum
Location: Online Airborne lifeboat displayed: many, photos only Link: https://www.iwm.org.uk The Imperial War Museum have an online archive which includes photographs and videos covering Airborne Lifeboats. These are indexed here under the IWM non-commercial licence. The thumbnails below link through the IWM website. The photographs are grouped into the following sections (click on a heading… Continue reading Imperial War Museum
Classic Boat Museum
Photograph copyright of the Classic Boat Museum Location: Cowes, Isle of WightAirborne lifeboat displayed: Mark 1ALink: https://www.classicboatmuseum.com Uffa Fox lived and has his boatbuilding business in Cowes and it was from here that he designed and built Airborne Lifeboats. (Other yards around the UK also built Airborne Lifeboats to the same designs). The Classic Boat… Continue reading Classic Boat Museum
Museum of The Broads
Location: The Poor’s Staithe, Stalham, Norwich NR12 9DA Airborne lifeboat displayed: Mark 1ALink: https://www.museumofthebroads.org.uk The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads were home to many boat building yards during the war. Many airborne lifeboats were built on The Broads. The Museum of The Broads at Stalham has a display about the lifeboat including a restored Mark 1A… Continue reading Museum of The Broads
Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum
Location: Flixton, Suffolk. NR35 1NZAirborne lifeboat displayed: Mark IALink: https://www.aviationmuseum.net/AirSeaRescue.htm The Museum has a very large collection of Air Sea Rescue artefacts and documents covering all aspects of that part of the RAF. It also includes a Mark IA lifeboat in the hangar which would have been carried by a Warwick airplane. Airborne Lifeboat (ABL)… Continue reading Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum