Note: images licensed from The National Archives of the UK - Crown Copyright NOT expired.
== These images are NOT public domain ==

Despite visible mould lines on its body, the Rescue Craft toy shown is definitely not a production item. The craft's body doesn't have any panel lines moulded in, nor does the rocket stage attached at the rear. Next, instead of the ejecting escape pod on the production model, a hinged opening hatch cover is present here, operated by a lever instead of the push button found on the production version. The R2 stickers on the tails are from a Reconnaissance craft, while the sticker on the rocket stage has the flag back to front and without the craft's name on it (the flag being wrong may also have been caused by the photograph possibly being printed in reverse).

Rescue Craft registered design document

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