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Re: Ju 88 loss, KGR 806, 29 June 1941
From the link above and my understanding of it, it seems to me that a He 59 of Seenotsdienst had landed at a Swedish base before the dinghy reached Gotska Sandön, probably after an sortie related to this Ju 88 loss.
As a rescue aircraft, there were probably negociation between Swedish and Germany that it was not interned, and so it was available and close to pick up the crew of the Ju 88 crew. In international law the latter were considered as "shipwrecked" survivors and so had not to be interned (as would be airmen of an aircraft crashing or landing on Swedish soil) but could be released immediately.
But I will interested to hear more of Mr Widfeldt, of course, as the above is only my guess.
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