Rescue Collection (page 5)

United States Air Force - Lockheed HC-130H Hercules 64-14866
United States Air Force - Lockheed HC-130H-LM Hercules 64-14866 (msn 382-4099) of Military Airlift Command Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service (ARRS), at RAF Lakenheath

United States Air Force - Kaman HH-43F Huskie 59-1544 (msn 25), of Detachment 14, 42nd Aerospace Rescue Squadron, at Nellis Air Force Base

RAF Survival School, Plymouth, where air crew are taught how to survive after ditching their aircraft. Seen here is a man in the water wearing a lifebelt, about to be air lifted to safety. Date: 1966

Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex, the site of many deaths and rescues. Seen here are members of the rescue team at the top of the cliff, transporting a piece of lifting equipment

A lifeboat on its way back to shore and safety. Date: 1886

A St Bernard rescue dog stands in the Alpine snow while more snow falls. Date: early 20th century

St Bernard dog - Switzerland
St Bernard dog - large working dog from the western Alps in Italy and Switzerland - originally bred for rescue work by the hospice of the Great St Bernard Pass on the Italian-Swiss border. 1902

Crew of a British C Class submarine 1916
British sailors struggle to haul some German sailors onboard a submarine, after the German ship was torpedoed. At this stage of the war

Lancashire coal-mine disaster 1932
Bickershaw Colliery in Lancashire where coal-mine disaster happened on the 10 October 1932. A mine-shaft elevator carrying 20 people fell at the mine, killing all but one person

SHEEP RESCUED FROM WOLF
A sheep is about to be carried off by a wolf when a police- dog hurries to her rescue, armed with a spear. Date: 1828

RESCUED FROM THE SEINE
Antoine Ravignat, Adj. Major of the 3rd regiment of Hussars drowns in the Seine rescuing fellow officer and then trying to save the manservant as well Date: 1803

GIRL / DOG RESCUE LAMB 19C
A little girl and her dog rescue a lamb which was lost in the snow. Date: circa 1875

TORPEDOED CREW HELPED
Italian submarine helps crew of torpedoed English ship to reach Azores in safety Date: September 1940

FLOODING IN HOLLAND / 1861
Scene of flooding in Holland after the bursting of the dyke at Bommellerwaard; villagers struggle to rescue cattle and possessions from the rising waters Date: 1861

Tibetan Dragon
When a dragon attacks the gryphons nest, The Boy with the Deformed Head comes to their rescue, slaying the monster

MARY TO THE RESCUE
When axe and bucket have failed and the fire brigade havent turned up, the owner of a blazing house implores the aid of the Virgin Mary, who kindly offers her help Date: circa 1850

Lancelot Saves Arthur
Sir Lancelot prevents Sir Bors from slaying King Arthur

Fireman climbing a ladder at a fire
A brave fireman climbs a ladder to rescue Alice Ayres and her children from the window of a blazing house Date: 19th century

Grumman J2F-6 Duck N67790 (ex BuAer 33587). Now preserved at the National Museum of the USAF and painted as an OA-12 Duck serving postwar in the air-sea rescue role. Date: 1980s

A USAF Kaman HH-43F Huskie
USAF Kaman HH-43F 62-4538 (msn 164). the HH-43F was used for fire-fighting duties as well as combat rescue. Date: circa 1970

Westland Whirlwind HAS. 7 XL880
Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 XL880 (msn WA230) at the 1958 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. (SBAC - Society of British Aircraft Constructors) First flown on 25 July 1958 and delivered in August 1958

Warehouse fire, Manchester
Simon Snorkel is used to fight a warehouse blaze at night in Shudehill, Manchester Date: circa 1969

Bristol 171 Sycamore
Bea Helicopters British European Airways Bristol 171 Sycamore Flying Past the Terminal at London Heathrow Airport Date: 1940s

Bristol 171 Sycamore Mk 3A
Bea Helicopters British European Airways Bristol 171 Sycamore Mk-3A Flying Date: 1950s

Kaman K-20 H-2 Seasprite Helicopter

Airship Italia rescue team, Hansa-Brandenburg W. 33 ?F. 38
Airship Italia rescue team, Hansa-Brandenburg W.33 ?F.38? pilot: Riiser-Larsen

Westland Whirlwind HARMk10 XR454 of the RAF
Westland Whirlwind HARMk10 XR454 of the Royal Air Force above Rescue & Target Towing Launch 2759

A Westland Whirlwind during a rescue attempt at sea in 1963. Date: 1963

Police rescue a small boy during the Floods in Norwich, Norfolk - August, 1912. Date: 1912

Branwen, Daughter of Llyr, the subject of a legend from medieval Welsh literature, the Mabinogi. Branwen is married off to a cruel Irish king; she tames a starling

Defoe, Daniel (1660-1731). Robinson Crusoe rescuing of the b
English literature. 17th century. Defoe, Daniel (1660-1731). English novelist. Robinson Crusoe rescuing of the boat all what could be before of its sinking. Colored engraving

Mary Cornish - Heroine - WW2 - Sinking of SS City of Benares
Heroic Deeds of the War - Miss Mary Cornish. During the Second World War the City of Benares was used as an evacuee ship to evacuate 90 children from Britain to Canada

The Liberation of St. Peter from prison by an angel
The Liberation of Saint Peter is a story told in the Acts of the Apostles in which Saint Peter is rescued from the prison of King Herod by an angel. circa 19th century

Helicopter used in filming Thames TVs Londons Burning
A Kawasaki 216 helicopter, leased by Thames Television and used in the filming of their popular programme about the LFB, Londons Burning

GLC-LFB Dennis emergency rescue tender
The word Rescue was added to the sides of the London Fire Brigades fleet of emergency tenders, and ETs became known as ERTs (Emergency rescue tenders)

LCC-LFB 50 foot wheeled escape ladder in use
A wheeled escape ladder being used in the bridged position as a crane whilst LFB crews undertake a rescue, by line, from the basement area of a building under demolition

Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire medal
Firefighters from the insurance brigades and the London Fire Engine Establishment would put out the fires but did not provide much in the way of helping people to escape

V2 rocket attack on Manor Park, East London, WW2
A woman is rescued after a V2 rocket attack in Manor Park. Although many such amazing rescues took place, hundreds of Londoners died in these attacks launched in the latter stages of WW2

Sir Henry Morton Stanley with a Maxim Automatic Machine-Gun
Engraving of Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), the Anglo-American journalist and explorer, sitting astride a Maxim Automatic Machine-gun, 1887

Orpheus and Cerberus
With his music Orpheus charms Cerberus, the guardian of the underworld, to let him enter and rescue his wife Eurydice, whom he almost succeeds in bringing back to life

RMS Titanic - rescued passengers on deck of Carpathia
RMS Titanic - Underwood and Underwood real photo postcard, Group of Titanic's rescued passengers on deck of the Carpathia. Date: 1912

Cunard Line, RMS Carpathia - luncheon menu, Sunday 17 November 1912. Date: 1912

RMS Lusitania - en route to New York, August 1912
RMS Lusitania - Hutchinson Archive. Original photograph taken on board the Lusitania en route to New York on 22 August 1912

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