A downed fighter pilot is plucked from the sea (1942)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Rescuing a downed fighter pilot via air-sea rescue Full Description: Gaumont British Ident SLATE INFORMATION: Rescuing a Pilot From the Sea UNKNOWN: EXT A depiction of the process of rescuing a downed fighter pilot at sea including preparation of the rescue aircraft, searching for and finding downed pilot and the rescue by the prop plane AEROPLANES . & NAVAL PLANES. RESCUING PILOT FROM THE loads up bombs, rubber d inghy attached to pilot in sea & drops dinghy to Air Sea Rescue Station & Walrus is sent out to pick up by smoke & gets pilot on plane.. lib: shots mass Spitfires in air PARACHUTES AND PARACHUTISTS. Lysander plane drops rubber dinghy by parachute to pilot in distress SMOKE SCREEN ETC. Smoke float guides Lysander to pilot when resc