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15th August 2021, 13:04
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ASR South Coast 1940
Hi guys
Hopefully our experts will be able to enlighten me, please. I am endeavouring to identify mainly aircrew survivors, British and German, of the battles off the South Coast August/September 1940. Several questions - when a military survivor from an aircraft or naval craft (or merchant vessel) was rescued from the sea and landed in the UK, would he/she was been recorded by the local police or some other authority? Assuming the said survivor would have been initially hospitalized for medical inspection etc, would there have been a medical record? In the case of Walrus rescues in the Isle of Wight area - of which there were allegedly up to 60 - surely these flights/rescues would have been logged in the records of Gosport or Lee-on-Solent etc? Were they, and if so, do these records still exist? We similarly read about ASR He115s operating inshore off the South Coast - is there information/accounts relating to these operations? Which units? Crews? Any help will be very much appreciated. Cheers, stay safe Brian 
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21st August 2021, 11:29
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Re: ASR South Coast 1940
Brian,
Our Luftwaffe experts can tell more about German ASR operations. I gathered that at least Seenotflugkommando 1, 3 and 4 of the Seenotdienst operated with civilian registered He-59 a/c till the end of July 1940, before being painted in military colours. Elements of Kü.Fl. Gr. 106 (nr Amsterdam) and 406 (Cherbourg) were also used for ASR in the Channel. Regards, Leendert
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22nd August 2021, 09:23
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Re: ASR South Coast 1940
Never seen any list only the occasional mention of people being picked up and if anyone had found anything more it would have been Peter Cornwell (or Andy Saunders for Sussex). Maybe police records exist if they were picked up by a non-military vessel but I doubt it. As to hospital records, they would have been destroyed ages ago. Problem it would be another year before bespoke RAF ASR sqns were formed. As to Luftwaffe, their ASR was established before the war and aircraft of choice were He 59, Do 18, Do 24. Again, no known list and I would suggest this is raised on the Luftwaffe board. By the way, He 115 was more of an offensive recce/torpedo aircraft
Last edited by Chris Goss; 22nd August 2021 at 10:30.
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25th August 2021, 20:20
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Re: ASR South Coast 1940
I have a few accounts from the German side of being rescued but no comprehensive list by a long way
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27th August 2021, 13:31
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Re: ASR South Coast 1940
Brian: As usual I am busy (finishing Do 217 book) so suggest you email me asking what you are after and I will see if I can help. Again, some of the accounts are in my books of which I know you have copies
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