Rescue Collection (page 9)

Crew of the German merchant ship Arucas are rescued by a British warship. 3rd March 1940

For 7 hours early in 1943 the corvette HMS Lavender lay alongside a blazing Panama tanker in the Caribbean Sea while the Corvettes crew fought the flames

Nine survivors of a blazing American Superfortress plane which crashed in the Indian Ocean have been recovering in hospital in Calcutta after rescue by two RAF Catalina flying boats

The crew of a Short Sunderland flying boat, shot down recently in the Bay of Biscay by a JU 88 of the German Luftwaffe, was sighted by HMS Starling after a search of approximately 24 hours

11-year-old John Domigan, of Bell Green, Coventry, after being rescued from a tree lying across the River Sowe. 28th July 1971

Scene showing the salvaged equipment of a burnt-out hospital in Weston Super Mare following an air raid by the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War. 28th June 1942

A dog rescued from a destroyed building by Air Raid Precaution wardens (ARP) following an air raid by the German Luftwaffe in London during there Second world War. 14th October 1940

London Blitz, Police, Firemen and Troops search wreckage, June 1942. Sunday Pictorial Published Picture 07/06/1942

Flying bomb incident at Arlington Road, Southgate, London, Tuesday 20th June 1944

A Dutch tug has, since 1940, towed to safety 22 Allied ships with a total tonnage of over 128, 000. Among this number was an American freighter

A rescue Dinghy. Picture take 11th March 1944

Civilians help rescue people trapped in a shelter after a bombing raid in Portsmouth. 11th May 1941

Warden W Russel congratulates a woman woman, covered in dirt and dust, cut and bruised but remarkably safe after she walked out of a bomb damaged building set ablaze following an air raid in

Bill Kennedy rescues the last of the many horses who were trapped for many days after the bombing of a London mews during the Second World War. 25th November 1940

Survivors of the German battleship Bismark are rescued during the Second World War. 2nd June 1941

A little Italian boy, an evacuee from the Mount Cairo district in Lazio, Italy, did not like leaving his home and attempted to go back

A plane crashed into two homes in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Rescue team looking for survivors. Picture taken 8th July 1944

Smoke belching from the conning tower of German Uboat U744 after being attacked for over 30 hours with depth charges and forced to the surface by HMS Icarus

Buzz bomb raid on Berkeley Square, London. A buzz-bomb fell on a large building. Damage and casualties were caused. The fire service made some notable rescues from the top of the building

The Air Sea Rescue Service, now equipped with guns should they become under attack. Picture taken 16th July 1943

Captain of the HSL of the Air Sea Rescue Service, about to release a carrier pigeon called " The Admiral" now used to send messages when the wireless is out of action

Five British airmen of the Royal air Force were rescued from the sea by Royal Navy destroyer HSM Jackal after 24 hours afloat on rubber floats in the sea

The withdrawal from Dunkirk in Northern France showing British Expeditionary Force troops wading in the water to meet the rescue boats during the Second World War. June 1940

Camels rescued from a minefield in Egypt during the Allied pursuit of Rommels forces. 27th November 1942

Ditched Halifax bomber in the Atlantic, rescued by the crew of the merchant ship " Jamaica Producer", including the captain P.C. Piejus. Circa October 1945

Bay of Biscay on 13 July 1942, when a No 77 Squadron Whitley crew was picked up by a Sunderland from the newly-formed No 461 Squadron RaF

After being adrift for four days the crew of a Coastal Command "Whitley"
After being adrift for four days the crew of a Coastal Command " Whitley" aircraft forced down in the sea off the South West coast of England, are rescued by a Polish destroyer

Nine survivors of a blazing American Superfortress plane which crashed in the Indian Ocean have been recovering in hospital in Calcutta after rescue by two RAF Catalina flying boats

An R. A. F Catalina flying boat rescues members of a crashed Liberator crew who had been
An R.A.F Catalina flying boat rescues members of a crashed Liberator crew who had been forced down in the Mediterranean. August 1944

Five British airmen rescued from a rubber float climbing on board HMS Jackal. The five were rescued after 24 hours afloat. They had come down in the sea after a raid over enemy territory

Rain floods an 8th army sector in Italy. (Picture) Priority salvage, all hands turn out to save the rations after heavy rain in the Camucin Cortina area of Italy. Circa 13th July 1944

The National fire Service "C"class division of the 36th area
The National fire Service " C" class division of the 36th area, now training in how to rescue. Picture taken in London. Picture taken 1st March 1944

Russians express their feelings with song after being freed by American troops. 30th June 1944

Dinghy drawn alongside a rescue aircraft. Circa July 1942

Airmen rescued after a forced landing. Location unknown. Picture taken 20th June 1941

A US Catalina flying boat rescues members of a Flying Fortress crew who had been forced down in the Mediterranean. Picture taken 6th September 1943

British and Australian crew of a Wellington bomber are rescued from a dinghy in The Bay of Biscay, near South West France. Picture taken 29th August 1942

Survivors of an R. A. F. Sunderland flying boat being rescued by the crew of a destroyer
Survivors of an R.A.F. Sunderland flying boat being rescued by the crew of a destroyer. The Short S.25 Sunderland was a British flying boat patrol bomber

Alice Mitchell rescued, her kitten from a bombed house after an air raid by the German Luftwaffe on Cardiff. Circa 1941

The Air Sea Rescue Service in Ceylon - 2 Gunners saved by Hurricane and speed launch. 16th March 1943

V. Bomb incident, Farringdon Road, London, removing casualties. 8th March 1945

The Battle for Normandy: A British soldier carries a little girl through the devastation
The Battle for Normandy:A British soldier carries a little girl through the devastation of Caen after its liberation. The town had been substantially destroyed during the bombardment

High Speed Launches of the Air Sea Rescue Service, working with Walrus aircraft as their spotters have made many daring rescues of airmen both Allied and German

Picture taken at Lee-on-Solent during a demonstration of the Navy s
Picture taken at Lee-on-Solent during a demonstration of the Navys airborne lifeboat 17ft. 9 inches long, when it was dropped by parachute to an air crew who were supposed to have force-landed in

British Royal Navy rescues American sailors in "Invasion Bay"
British Royal Navy rescues American sailors in " Invasion Bay". They are from two American infantry landing ships, which were torpedoed during a German U-Boat attack in Invasion Bay

A German airman rescued from the sea off South East Coast, carried into hospital. 15th August 1940

Four American soldiers of General Patchs Seventh Army, part of a lost battalion who were cut off, surrounded by enemy soldiers and without food on the crest of the Vosges mountains, France

A woman being rescued from a block of flats damaged by a V bomb in Southern England. 14th February 1945

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