WWII Rescue Buoys - Secret 'Floating Hotels' of the English Channel
Beschreibung
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Rescue Buoy (Rettungsboje) were pioneering rescue craft designed to act as floating rescue stations for the lufftwaffe. Soon the British got in on the act, and we explore the two designs and history of these strange craft - and even visit one!
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One of Our Aircraft is Missing:
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Some great info on the Rettungsboje
http://www.luftwaffe-zur-see.de/Seenot/Rettungsbojen.htm
Article on Pilot losses:
https://web.archive.org/web/20120815030022/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/7971360/British-pilots-relied-on-German-sea-rescue-service-during-Battle-of-Britain.html
0:00 - Introduction
1:47 - The Battle of Britain Begins
3:07 - Early Rescue Bouy Developments
3:50 - The "Udet Bouy" is Born
6:07 - Deploy The Bouy!
8:33 - Rettungsboje Documents
11:00 - German Rescue Bouys on Film
13:50 - Allied Losses Rack Up
15:18 - The Air Sea Recue
15:30 - The British Rescue Bouy
16:24 - Comparing the British ASR & German Rettungsboje
19:34 - What Happened to the Rescue Bouys?
20:18 - Visiting the Last British ASR
22:50 - Waffling on a Bit?
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