Crash boats of World War II
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Crash boats, at the time known as "aircraft rescue boats" or "air-sea rescue boats", were United States high speed boats built to rescue the crew of downed Allied aircraft during World War II. US boat
85-foot crash boat P-520 on the Willamette River in Portland in 2007
AAF / USAF Crash Rescue Boat Association plaque, in Memorial Park at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, in Dayton, Ohio
Army Air Forces 42 foot Rescue Boat
42 foot boats built for US Army, cutaway
Type Two 63 ft HSL
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The Type Two HSL was a 63-foot high-speed launch craft made by British Power Boat Company. The craft were used during the Second World War for air-sea rescue operations to save Allied aircrew from the
Whaleback HSL 164 off Colombo with a Hawker Hurricane overhead
HSL 130 picking up an RAF Halifax crew off the Isle of Wight, 1942