Italian Search and Rescue Seaplanes From the 50s to the 70s: A Brave People and Mighty Aircraft Story

Air Med J. 2024 Nov-Dec;43(6):481-485. doi: 10.1016/j.amj.2024.09.007. Epub 2024 Oct 5.

Abstract

Following a previous article that described the early days of Italian air rescue and that reached up to the immediate postwar period (World War II), this article describes the search and rescue activity carried out by the Italian Grumman Albatross HU-16A from the postwar period until the end of the 70s.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Air Ambulances
  • Aircraft
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Rescue Work*