CobberKane
Banned
- 706
- Apr 4, 2012
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It was stored here
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it was a USN Mk-1A life raft one man life raft, bright yellow, that would look something like this
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some inflated automatically when wet, and/or by pulling an inflating handle and as a last resort would have a mouth valve you could use
An inflatable life raft was carried in the fuselage behind the cockpit and could be ejected on ditching, but this was later deleted in favor of a raft in the pilot's survival pack. Inflatable flotation bags were fitted under the wings for ditching at sea, but after the bags spontaneously inflated in flight a few times, leading to crashes, they were abandoned.
Any chance we'll get to read the story when you're done???
It was sys, and he is enclopedic when it comes to Midway.
Stories like this can be intersting if you have a dual strand, one operating from the USN POV and one from the IJN POV. Much harder to write, but also more balanced. Would suggest you try Shinpachi or Joe B for the Japanese POV.