Air Sea rescue operations in the Carribean. Officers in control room as they speak over the wireless. A man plots on a map. United States Air Force OA-10 A air sea rescue plane, from the First Rescue Squadron at Howard Air Force Base, U.S. Panama Canal Zone, is seen in flight. Aircraft flies low over the sea. Crew of the plane in the observation point while in flight. Men in life raft wave towards the plane. Rescue plane lands and taxis.
Air Sea rescue operations in United States. United States Air Force P-47 air sea rescue plane in flight. A parachute falls. Interiors of the control room as men speak on wireless and plot on a map. United States P-47 rescue plane. Pilot in the cockpit of the plane. A rescue motor torpedo boat underway. A pilot on a one man raft at sea. P-47s of rescue team in flight. Aircraft dives down on life raft. Airman on the raft waves to the pilot. Control room of air sea rescue. Motor Torpedo boat being rescued. P-47 aircraft directs a motor torpedo boat to downed airman.
Air Sea rescue operations in the U.S. Canal Zone. Three aircraft of the 1st Rescue Squadron, Howard Field, Panama Canal Zone, are seen flying above tha water. One flying the lowest is an SB-17 and above that a twin engine (C-47) and above that a smaller single engine airplane. Smoke from a flare is seen and an aircrew in a 20-man life raft. The C-47 airdrops something, and the SB-17 drops a large life boat, in a practice rescue operation. Crewmen in the raft, transfer to the life boat, raise its sail and start moving. A larger rescue motor boat intercepts them and the aircrew leave their sailboat and climb aboard the larger boat.
Air sea rescue operations in the United States. A United States B-24 bomber with a feathered engine. The pilot of the B-24 aircraft talks to operations of Air Sea Rescue. Men speak over a wireless in the control room. The pilot of a P-47 aircraft while it is in flight. The B-24 and the P-47 aircraft in flight. Feathered propeller of an aircraft. The B-24 aircraft lands. A motor torpedo boat underway. A United States B-17 bomber drops a life boat. A boat descends by a parachute. A B-24 bomber with a feathered propeller.
United States Navy aircraft carrier Langley (CVL-27) being activated at Philadelphia Navy shipyard in Pennsylvania prior to transfer to France. A yard worker sprays deck plates of the carrier. The yard workers work on the deck of the carrier. A gun director being hoisted off the carrier and being placed on flat cap on the pier. Cocoons being removed from the gun mount by a crane. The gun mount being swung outboard by a large crane.
United States Navy aircraft carrier Langley (CVL-27) being activated at Philadelphia Navy shipyard in Pennsylvania prior to transfer to France. A French officer and navy men on the pier at Philadelphia Navy yard. The officer reviews the navy men lined up on the pier. The officer at a blackboard in a classroom as he briefs the navy men.
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