RAF Museum Hendon

(c) Richard James

Location: Hendon
Airborne lifeboat displayed: Mark IA
Link: https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk

The RAF Museum have a restored Mark IA on their site at Hendon.

Air Sea Rescue Badge

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Rescue from the skies book — RAF Museum Publication
(c) RAF Museum Publications

Joys ofLife — Joys of Life by Uffa Fox

More Joys of Living

The iconic Walrus seaplane — (Photo from Journal 40) The iconic Walrus, which, despite the introduction of more capableSea Otters and Warwicks, continued to play a key role in ASRactivities throughout WW II. This one belonged to No 277 Sqn.
(c) RAF Historical Society

Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Mk 1 — Mk.1 lifeboat
(c) Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum

Museum of The Broads Mk 1 — Mk.1 lifeboat
(c) Museum of The Broads

Scottish Boat Museum Mk2 — ‘Wanderer’ converted Mk.1 lifeboat
(c) Scottish Boat Museum

Fairey Barracuda and RN1 lifeboat — Fairey Barracuda and RN1 lifeboat. Trialled in 1945, no records of operational use.

Naval Airborne Lifeboat Mk1 General Arrangement

Mk.1-bombing-up — Mark.I ‘bombing up’ – being attached to the aircraft

Lysander 1941

Lancaster with Mk2A lifeboat — Lancaster aircraft with Mk.IIa lifeboat
Lancaster aircraft with Mk.IIa lifeboat

Shackleton airborne lifeboat — Shackleton aircraft and Mk.III lifeboat

Mark II on a Warwick — Warwick aircraft and Mk.II lifeboat
Mark II on a Warwick

Flying Fortress

Hudson aircraft flying with a Mk.I lifeboat

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https://www.classicboatmuseum.com/

https://www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org

https://www.museumofthebroads.org.uk/

CBM Airborne Lifeboat — Mark I lifeboat at Cowes Classic Boat Museum
(c) Classic Boat Museum

https://www.aviationmuseum.net/

https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/

Knightstone Tea Rooms Mk1 — Mk.1 lifeboat of Neville Cole in Plymouth
(c) Neville Cole

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

RAF Museum Mk.IA — RAF Museum Mk.IA
(c) Richard James

Classic Boat Museum Facebook Page

CBM Airborne Lifeboat 2 — Mk.1 or Mk.1a lifeboat at the Classic Boat Museum Cowes
(c) Classic Boat Museum

Book cover: Shotdown and in the drink

Fairey Barracuda and RN1 lifeboat — FAA Fairey Barracuda Mk.III with an Airborne Lifeboat , once again a Naval cutter 17′ 9 “. WE can see here why a smaller boat was used by the FAA as the 24 ft of the Uffa Fox Lifeboat Mk.I would be too long to fit forward of the Radar scanner. Photo IWM (British Official).
(c) Imperial War Museum

Uffa Fox

Museum of the Broads Mark I lifeboat

Avro Lancaster ASR Mk.IIa with Lifeboat — Avro Lancaster ASR with Lifeboat

Airborne Lifeboat Mark 1

Airborne Lifeboat Mark II Design

Royal Navy Airborne Lifeboat RN-1 Design

Mk I line drawing profile

Mk II line drawing profile and plan

Mk III plan view

Fairey Atalanta - dropped from the sky?

Airborne lifeboat - boat or plane?

Lifeboat Build Numbers

Mk II deck layout

Flixton Mk I line rockets

Mk I/IA Canoe Stern

MOTB Middy Engine

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Scottish Maritime Museum Mk I bought as pleasure vessel

Bircham Barrel

Early Type C triangular dinghy

Flying Fortress and A1 lifeboat

Mk 1 or 1a under aircraft

Mk I IA Middy Inboard Outboard

Mk IA bombed up to Warwick

Mk Ia Stowage Positions

Mk II Building Line Broads Haven

Mk II ready for trials Broads Haven (c Jeanne Lee, daughter Herbert Woods)

Mk II trials R.Thurne (jeanne Lee)

Mk III at Saunders Roe (Laird Anglesey Ltd)

Mk III on SAAF Shackleton (Saunders Roe)

Mk III Shackleton 2 at Farnborough 1953 (AVRO)

Mk III Trials Holyhead (Laird Anglesey Ltd)

Mk.II Construction (from Neville Cole) — Mk.II Construction 5 (from Neville Cole)

Mk.II Construction

Parachute Detail

RN1 16ft 9in on Barracuda trial Fleet Air Arm January 1945 — RN1 16ft 9in on Barracuda trial Fleet Air Arm January 1945 (c) Fleet Air Arm

Rubber Dinghy for fighter pilots

Saunders Roe Mk III

Saunders Roe Mk III

Swan ex Mk I lifeboat sailing Broads

Uffa Folding Lifeboat

US A3 under way (c) EDO Corp

Mk I Under Hudson on the ground

Mk IA Sailing

Mk 2A Instructions For Ditched Crew Booklet

Mk I Sheer and Tumblehome

Mark I Construction — (c) Scottish Maritime Museum

MOTB Bomb Hook Detail

MOTB Drogue Detail

Arthur Robb — (c) Southern Woodenboat Sailing

Mk1 Aircrew training © IWM (CH 12912)

Mk 1 drop to ditched aircraft © IWM (C 3691)

Warwick with Mark IA lifeboat — Warwick with Mark IA lifeboat (c) BAE Systems

Lifeboat Idea image

Time passing image

RAF High Speed Launch

Youngman dinghy - built in three sizes — Youngman dinghy – built in three sizes

ASR helicopter

RAF K type dinghy — R.A.F. FIGHTER PILOTS PRACTISE DINGHY DRILL INSWIMMING POOL. (CH 13445) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.13444. Picture (issued 1944) shows – With the help of a breeze Flying Officer Argument crosses the pool in good style. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205452879

Symbolic picture of classroom — Symbolic picture of classroom for School of Air Sea Rescue

Builders of Uffa Fox designed Airborne Lifeboats

Shackleton Aviation Group Mark III Lifeboat — (c) Shackleton Aviation Group

Centipede rebuild — (c) Nina Plumbe

RAF H Type dinghy — From Caird Publications https://cairdpublications.com/scrap/survgearbit/survgearbit.htm

RAF J Type Dinghy — (c) IWM (NA 18345)

Mark II Equipment Stowage

Uffa and his lifeboats at Puckaster (from the Uffa Fox Archive)

Uffa sailing one of his lifeboats (from the Uffa Fox Archive)

Lifeboat trials at Puckaster (photo: from the Uffa Fox Archive)

Uffa and team with lifeboat loaded on his car (photo: from the Uffa Fox Archive)

Lifeboat as sailing yacht (photo: from the Uffa Fox Archive)

Lifeboat as sailing yacht — Lifeboat as sailing yacht (photo courtesy: Mike Dixon)

RN1 Lifeboat on a Barracuda (from the Uffa Fox Archive)

RN1 Lifeboat (photo: from the Uffa Fox Archive)

from the Uffa Fox Archive

RN1 Lifeboat (photo: from the Uffa Fox Archive)

Uffa sailing one of his Airborne Lifeboat — Uffa sailing one of his Airborne Lifeboat (photo: from the Uffa Fox Archive)

RAF Harrowbeer Archives

Airborne Lifeboat Locations

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