The former RAF air/sea rescue craft is being restored to its original condition at Felixstowe Ferry – and now looks just as it did when in service during the early 1940s.

Three rowers who cheated death when a freak wave ended their transatlantic record rowing bid today thanked the RAF personnel who played a major part in their rescue.

FOUR fishermen were rescued from a liferaft by the RAF rescue helicopter after their ship began to sink off the North-East coast. At just before 5pm the fishing vessel ‘Kiroan’ contacted ...

An RAF rescue helicopter crew captured the dramatic moments four fishermen abandoned their sinking vessel and jumped into a life-raft in rough seas and strong winds off the north Wales coast.

According to RAF, this is just another “defense layer” for anti-submarine warfare, in addition to the Type 23 submarine-hunting frigates, A and T-boat hunter-killers, and Merlin Mk2 helicopters.

My name is Norman Eastmead, I’m ex RAF, and I served on the Air-sea rescue side of the Royal Air Force. At the outbreak of the war, I had just left the naval training school, which I had joined ...

Once part of the RAF’s Air Sea Rescue service, the 63-foot “whaleback” rescue boat, believed to be the last of its kind, was discovered half-sunk in the Norfolk Broads.

One of the boats I went on was 122, what we call a whaleback, because of the shape of the hull. 63foot long. Most of them had three 500-horsepower Napier engines, 1500 horsepower to push them along.

Once part of the RAF’s Air Sea Rescue service, the 63-foot “whaleback” rescue boat, believed to be the last of its kind, was discovered half-sunk in the Norfolk Broads. Named for their appearance, ...