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25th July 2020, 21:52

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Re: Luftwaffe Air Sea Rescue Aids

It was a yellow/green Fluorescein Dye. Fluorescein is a florescent organic dye. In the rescue markers it is in the form of fluorescein sodium,

C20 H10 Na2 O5 (a water soluble salt of fluorescein).

http://aviationtrivia.blogspot.com/2...ir-rescue.html

or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seenotdienst

The allies used similar markers.

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