[Rainer]

The details of all presently known cases where U-boats picked up Axis airmen are published in this thread now. Unfortunately it is not possible to update posts after 48 hours in this forum, but here is the updated list with link to the single entries:

1. 1939-09-12: U-13 rescued crew of a Dornier Do 18
2. 1940-03-29: U-30 rescued crew of a Dornier Do 18
3. 1940-04-26: U-17 rescued crew of a Dornier Do 18
4. 1940-06-06: U-47 rescued 3 airmen of a Dornier Do 18
5. 1941-05-22: U-564 rescued crew of a Junkers Ju 88
6. 1942-02-05: U-105 rescued crew of a Dornier Do 24
7. 1942-02-14: U-86 rescued 3 airmen of a Heinkel He 111
8. 1942-02-15: U-587 rescued 5 airmen of a Focke-Wulf Fw 200
9. 1942-02-15: U-331 rescued 5 airmen of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.79
10. 1942-06-15: U-431 rescued crew of a Do 24 and 3 airmen of a Ju 88
11. 1942-06-15: U-83 rescued crew of a Do 24 and pilot of a Bf 109
12. 1942-08-14: U-255 rescued crew of a Blohm & Voss BV 138
13. 1942-08-14: U-205 rescued 5 airmen of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.79
14. 1942-08-15: U-205 rescued 5 Italian airmen of a Cant
15. 1942-09-13: U-589 rescued crew of a Heinkel He 111
16. 1942-09-14: U-405 rescued crew of a He 115 and two airmen of a Ju 88
17. 1942-11-14: U-77 rescued 2 airmen of a Junkers Ju 88
18. 1943-01-25: U-405 rescued 2 airmen of a Heinkel He 59
19. 1943-03-25: U-341 rescued crew of an Arado Ar 196
20. 1943-07-28: U-489 rescued 3 airmen of a Blohm & Voss BV 138
21. 1943-08-20: U-601 rescued crew of a Blohm & Voss BV 138
22. 1943-08-24: U-340 rescued 5 airmen of a Focke-Wulf Fw 200
23. 1943-09-12: U-255 rescued crew of a Blohm & Voss BV 138
24. 1944-01-07: U-865 rescued crew of an Arado Ar 196
25. 1944-05-23: U-873 rescued 1 airman of a Blohm & Voss BV 138
26. 1944-06-11: U-243 rescued 1 airman of a Junkers Ju 88

A similar thread about Allied airmen rescued by German U-boats is in the Allied and Soviet Air Forces forum:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=43737

Please let me know if you think that I have missed such an incident.