Red-Cross marked He59s July 1940

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Originally Posted by Kutscha

What was the rational in shooting down these Red Cross marked a/c? I have seen some people state this was a war crime but then they do have a hate on for the British.

The rational was "they were rescuing Luftwaffe aircrews, who would soon back to air and attack us, so we would do our best to rescue them ourselves and take them POW, but we would shot down any Luftwaffe sea planes come to rescue them even those see plane marked with Red Cross"

Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding also made a similar comment in the battle of Britain: he would strict forbidden RAF to shot any Luftwaffe aircrews who bale out, but he agree that Germans had very right to shoot RAF pilots who baled out from their plane, if some Luftwaffe pilots did commit these action, they shall not be treat as war criminals