First Aircraft Used In Sea Rescue – 1914
According to the following article, the first time an airplane was used in rescue operation for a ship in distress was in June of 1914, in the waters off Massachusetts.
“…the first time in the history of aviation that an airship has gone to succor a ship at sea.”
The Columbus Commercial, Airship For Sea Rescue” June 14, 1914.
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For more information about the Burgess-Dunne hydroplane see the following links:
https://books.google.com/books?id=sMw7AQAAMAAJ (click on pages 308 to 310)
https://books.google.com/books?id=rx06AQAAMAAJ (click on page 83)
