Aircraft - Aviation - Balloons - Helicopters
1956 - For Those in Peril on the Sea.: Britain's Royal Air Force has received a delivery of new helicopters for rescue work around Britain's island coast. In the first two months of this year nearly 70 lives were saved by helicopter operated by the Royal Navy and the R.A.F. in a recent rescue from a shipwrecked tug a Westland Whirlwind, the R.A.F.s standard rescue helicopter, lifted to safety as many as ten of the crew in one flight. Photo shows just off the production line of Westland Aircraft Ltd, Yeovil, Somerset, England, four Whirlwinds await delivery to the R.A.F
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13176599
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46910147
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5590px x 4481px
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Editorial Use Only - No Property or Model Releases. For any non-editorial use, please contact Mary Evans direct
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Keystone Pictures USA
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Await Helicopters Lifted Nearly Operated Peril R.a.f Recent Saved Shipwrecked Westland Whirlwind Whirlwinds Yeovil
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