This is the A-3 lifeboat that was dropped from B-29s. It has a 20hp motor and could carry 15 people - it was developed in 1947 and the "SB-29s" would circle off the coast of Korea and drop these for crews that could not back it back from missions - and had to ditch - in the Korean War.
I assume that the trailer was aftermarket?
ReplyDeleteI caught a ride in a Navy P-3 from Japan to Korea. We were given parachutes and told life expectancy in the water at that time was about 15 minutes. I wonder if these saved anyone.
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