Dumbo (air-sea rescue)
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Dumbo was the code name used by the United States Navy during the 1940s and 1950s to signify search and rescue missions, conducted in conjunction with military operations, by long-range aircraft flyin
USAF Air Rescue Service Boeing SB-17G, an air-sea rescue variant of the B-17 Flying Fortress
A USAAF Consolidated OA-10A Catalina (Army Air Forces designation of the Navy PBY) amphibious flying boat landing in waters off Keesler Field, Mississippi during a training exercise with U.S. Marine Corps rescue boat crews in 1944
RAF Coastal Command Vickers Warwick ASR (air-sea rescue) aircraft with a droppable airborne lifeboat under the fuselage
A Navy PBM Mariner flying boat rescues Lt. (jg) J. M. Denison, shot down while operating from the escort carrier USS Marcus Island (CVE-77) in 1945
US Navy Small Craft Training Centers were United States Navy training bases used to train sailors in the operation of the many small wooden crafts used in World War II. These crafts were given the nic
USS YMS-143 Minesweeper
Engineers at the Submarine Chaser Training School
US Navy 081110 N 5549O 080 The U.S. national flag waves graciously from the Iwo Jima memorial during a wreath laying ceremony in honor of the 233rd Marine Corps birthday at the Marine Corps War Memorial