Luftwaffe's Rescue Buoy (Rettungsboje) in the BOB
 

Does anyone know the identites of any Luftwaffe aircrew that were made use of the Rettungsboje rescue bouys anchored in the English Channel during the Battle of Britian?

Peter

Re: Luftwaffe's Rescue Buoy (Rettungsboje) in the BOB
 

I feel certain that Brian Cull asked this before some time ago and the answer was negative. All the reports and accounts I have saw ditched crews getting into dinghies and picked up quickly by a far more advanced ASR service than the RAF had at this time

Re: Luftwaffe's Rescue Buoy (Rettungsboje) in the BOB
 

Thanks Chris,

Before posting I did a search for Rettungsboje, with no results – now I know why!

Peter

Re: Luftwaffe's Rescue Buoy (Rettungsboje) in the BOB
 

If there is a name mentioned changes are you can find it in wochenschau or der adler and the likes.
I am very sure signal had a few items.

Re: Luftwaffe's Rescue Buoy (Rettungsboje) in the BOB
 

I thought that possibly Hptm Johann Kogler (1./ZG 26 11 Aug 40) and Hptm Herbert Kaminski (2./ZG 26 18 Aug 40) might have used such things but checking accounts, they were picked up from dinghies