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Survivors of a downed Wellington pictured just before their rescue in the Bay of Biscay. They are rescued by a Sunderland of RAF Coastal Command. 27th August 1944
Pembrokeshire Farmer Pat Russell is rescued by the army after being stuck in a snowdrift on the Castlemartin tank training range
A newly operational RAF search and rescue Sea King helicopter from 202 Squadron A Flight based at RAF Boulmer takes part in exercise at Dunstanburgh Castle
Beaufighter captains / Leader P. A. S. Payne and crew rescued by an Italian float planeBeaufighter captain S/Leader P.A.S. Payne and crew rescued by an Italian float plane. January 1945
Flying Officer Ghesher and other crew of a destroyed Warwick rescue plane being picked up by a Naval launch which returned them to Britain. October 1944
Survivors of the German battleship Bismark are rescued during the Second World War. 2nd June 1941
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
An R. A. F Catalina flying boat rescues members of a crashed Liberator crew who had beenAn R.A.F Catalina flying boat rescues members of a crashed Liberator crew who had been forced down in the Mediterranean. August 1944
East Lane, Walworth. Man rescued from debris quite conscious with only one thought, to direct the rescue workers to his friend who was still trapped. 26th June 1944
C. D workers helping a causality from blitzed premises after his rescueC.D workers helping a causality from blitzed premises after his rescue. 26th June 1944
Royal Air Force Air-Sea Rescue Service - Within six minutes of a report a launch of the No. 1108 RAF Marine Craft Unit based at Blyth speeds out to sea at 22 knots during the " Operation Crash
World War Two - Second World War - The remarkable efficiency of the Royal Air Force Air-Sea Rescue Service was demonstrated during a press visit to a station in the North East
Lib - A cat climbed to the top of the pole on a railway embankment on Shields Road in Newcastle. It spent more than 24 hours sitting watching the rescue attempts. Saturday, December 16, 1972
A policeman looks on as a RAF search and rescue Sea King helicopter from RAF Boulmer lands at Richardson Road, Newcastle, near the Royal Victoria Infirmary. 08/11/1980
The scene at Rothbury after a RAF search and rescue Westland Whirlwind helicopter made a forced landing in the River Coquet. 16/10/1968
A Royal Navy Westland Wessex helicopter demonstrates search and rescue techniques. 28/09/1977
A MBB Bolkow BO105 Air Ambulance helicopter takes off from a landing site near the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle. 14/09/1987
A RAF search and rescue Sea King from RAF Boulmer winches a man onboard plucking him out of the sea off Cullercoats. The helicopter had been involved in the double rescue in high winds which had
Evening Chronicle reporter Rex Garratt (being rescued) joined a RAF search and rescue Sea King helicopter from RAF Boulmer on a practise rescue mission. 10/10/1987
A Royal Navy Sea King helicopter visits Marden High School in Whitley Bay. Helen Lockey, 15, tries out the winch on the helicopter aided by chief aircrewman Paul Pops Coombes. 19/11/1997
The Northumbria Police Air Support Unit MBB Bolkow BO105 helicopter flies over a RNLI lifeboat in the North Sea during an exercise. Circa 1990
The Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel helicopter used by Northumbria Air Ambulance ( Great North Air Ambulance ) and sponsored by Barbour. 18/07/1994
A RAF search and rescue Sea King helicopter from RAF Boulmer. August 1984
A Royal Navy Westland Dragonfly helicopter uses the newly developed scoop net for picking up people from the sea. Second Officer Ridley, of Birkenhead
A RAF search and rescue Sea King from RAF Boulmer lands a man on the beach after he was plucked out of the sea off Cullercoats
Evening Chronicle reporter Rex Garratt joined a RAF search and rescue Sea King helicopter from RAF Boulmer on a practise rescue mission
A RAF search and rescue Sea King helicopter from RAF Boulmer, which made a mercy dash to get emergency patients to hospital, had to stop twice because of blizzards
A RAF search and rescue Westland Whirlwind helicopter, from RAF Boulmer, searches the coast near the mouth of the River Wansbeck for a missing man
A four month old baby was flown 800 miles, by a RAF Westland Puma helicopter, to Newcastle in mercy dash from an RAF camp in Germany. A medical team was at the baby boys side as he flew to Newcastle
Edgar Bonsor (left), Michael Jeavons, John Wright (with the canaries) and Geoffrey Wilson are four members of the Ashby Miners Rescue Team which maintain a 24-hour-a-day rescue vigil. July 1958
