While there is a lot of information available on crash boats, it is far from complete, sources conflict, and it is widely dispersed. Below is a list of people and organizations that have provided, directly or indirectly, most of the information I have presented here. The following books have been used as reference, and the following organizations and individuals have assisted in the compilation of this material. Any omission is unintentional and is regretted.
Publications (Title and Author)
Andrew Jackson Higgins And The Boats That Won WWII
Jerry E. Strahan
Apollo's Warriors
Michael E. Haas
Air-Sea Rescue 1941-1952
Frank Ransom
Boats of the United States Navy 1960
Floating Drydock
Crash Boats (Vols. 1 & 2)
Dave Linley & Terry Holham
Crash Boat – Rescue & Peril in the Pacific During WWII
Earl Mc Candlish
History of RAAF Marine Craft
L. Jubb
History of RAF Marine Craft 1918-198
G. Pulborough
In The Devil’s Shadow
Michael E. Haas
Lord Stand By Me
Don R. Slessler, CWO4
Pacific Motor Boat – April, 1944
Sue Hitchman
Pacific Motor Boat – June, 1944
Robert Clark
PT Boat Squadron
Angus Konstam
PT Boats At War
Norman Polmar
Sea-Borne Deception
John Dwyer
Serve To Save (SAAF Crash Boats)
Guy Ellis
The Army Air Forces in WWII, Services Around the World
This is a website dedicated to the crash boats and men of the USAAF and the USAF. This is not a museum.
There is no physical location to visit or exhibits to view.
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