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A Royal Navy rescue helicopter in action above a boat An Auckland Rescue Helicopter in action. Air-sea rescue (ASR or A/SR, also known as sea-air rescue), [1] and aeronautical and maritime search and rescue (AMSAR) by the ICAO and IMO, [2] is the coordinated search and rescue (SAR) of the survivors of emergency water landings as well as people who have survived the loss of their seagoing vessel.
The Seenotdienst (sea rescue service) was a German military organization formed within the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) to save downed airmen from emergency water landings. The Seenotdienst operated from 1935 to 1945 and was the first organized air-sea rescue service. [1]
USAF Air Rescue Service Boeing SB-17G, an air-sea rescue variant of the B-17 Flying Fortress. 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 flying over the ocean.
[21] [22] On 3 March 1945, Lt Kouns makes the squadron's first open sea landing and rescue of a lone survivor of a B-29 crew. [23] 28 March 1945: VH-3 flies to Kerama Retto and immediately commences rescue operations in support of the Okinawa Campaign and the ongoing air campaign against the Japanese home islands and other occupied territory ...
A rescue squadron's main task is to provide both combat, and peacetime search and rescue operations. Which involve the search for and the provision of aid to those in danger or distress, in combat the role may overlap somewhat with casualty evacuation operations.
Rescue & Target Towing Launch (RTTL) 2757, built in 1957, in the Grounds of the Royal Air Force Museum London, Hendon. The air-sea rescue squadrons of the ASRS flew a variety of aircraft, usually hand-me-downs rejected or withdrawn from front-line service by the RAF's other branches, or as in the case of the Walrus, begged from the Royal Navy. [6]
No. 111 Air-Sea Rescue Flight was a Royal Australian Air Force unit of World War II. It was formed at Madang in New Guinea on 13 December 1944 and was equipped with Consolidated Catalinas. The flight's role was to carry out search and rescue operations and provide air-sea rescue support to other
A Boeing SB-17G, an air-sea rescue aircraft modified to carry the A-1 lifeboat. The A-1 lifeboat was a powered lifeboat that was made to be dropped by fixed-wing aircraft into water to aid in air-sea rescue operations. The sturdy airborne lifeboat was to be carried by a heavy bomber specially modified to handle the external load of the lifeboat.