Helicopter Rescue
Chartres, John
By 1980 the United Kingdom probably had the best helicopter rescue service of any nation in the world on the basis of aircraft per mile of coastline or per square mile of mountain territory.
Although often thought of as a postwar development the first recorded rescue by helicopter in the world took place in April 1944 when three British soldiers and an American light aircraft pilot were snatched from Japanese-held territory during the Chindit operations in Burma.
This book traces in words and pictures the early beginnings of the helicopter and in particular its role as a saver of life in this country. It records in detail some of the most dramatic episodes involving British aircrews and British citizens during the relatively short span of 30 years from the time that the Royal Air Force first employed this strange-looking flying machine to extract wounded and sick soldiers from the Malayan jungles.
It is very much a success story - one about a service which, while frequently in the headlines, is often nowadays taken for granted. It is a story of how members of all three British armed services, and a number of civilians, devote their energies and skills, and sometimes risk their own lives, to save others.
Hardcover with dust jacket, large format
160 Seiten / pages
many photos
good condition
London - 1980 - Ian Allan
Art.Nr. 20638
