U.S. Air Corps personnel perfect a lifeboat designed to save downed airmen, as seen in this four-picture set from 1949. – Vintage Photograph

U.S. Air Corps personnel perfect a lifeboat designed to save downed airmen, as seen in this four-picture set from 1949. The swimmers grab the boat from the plane, inflate it, and climb aboard before the rescue plane radios their position and heads back to its base for ships to pick up the men.U.S. Air Corps personnel perfect a lifeboat designed to save downed airmen, as seen in this four-picture set from 1949. The swimmers grab the boat from the plane, inflate it, and climb aboard before the rescue plane radios their position and heads back to its base for ships to pick up the men.

Dimensions: 15 x 10.8 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-IMS-04901819

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