[Milsurplus] Rickenbacker and Life Rafts

[J. Forster]

Nothing beats having a personal experience with something. Pity that is no
longer appreciated.

-John

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> From Rickenbacker's account, "24 Days on a Raft", about his 1942
> experience
> after his plane had run out of fuel and ditched after failing to find
> Canton
> Island:
>
> "One result of our ordeal was that it helped to get survival equipment
> redesigned.
> Life rafts were made wider and longer, carried sails and and such
> emergency
> supplies as concentrated food, vitamins, first-aid kit, fishing tacklee,
> and
> appropriate bait. They were also fitted with radios, and small chemical
> distillers
> capable of converting sea water into fresh water".
>
> via: Hue Miller
>
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