AIR AMBULANCES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 180, 1 July 1940, Page 5

AIR AMBULANCES

FIRST TWO BUILT AND EQUIPPED DONATED BY GIRL GUIDES The air ambulances which the Girl Guides arc providing will have the distinction of being the first two specially built and equipped air ambulances provided for the Royal Air Force. In common with all ambulances these two special aeroplanes will be very clearly marked with a large Red Gross in order that they may be accorded all the privileges to which they are entitled by International law. In addition to the Red Cross painted on each side of the bodies of the aeroplanes, there will be the inscription that they are the of the Girl Guides. ambulance will be fitted to carry stretchers and will, of course, have in addition such necessities for the welfare and comfort of the patients as heating, lighting, a supply •of drinking water and oxygen apparatus. They will also be equipped with a medical outfit which will not only be first aid but will contain a selection of surgical instruments and bandages which enable dressings to be changed if necessary, while the ambulance is in the air. There also ■will be room for the doctor and nurse. The motor lifeboat will be a 35ft'Gin. Liverpool type and will be •driven by a 35 h.p. engine in , a water-tight engine room. Her speed will be 7 x /-2 knots and will carry ■enough petrol to travel 100 miles, at full sliced -without re-fuelling. She will carry a crew of seven and can take 30 people aboard in rough j weather.