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Title: WW II rescue buoys in the English Channel
Post by: MillCreek on October 04, 2022, 10:27:17 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fDnSQoneiE

This was an informative 27 minutes on something I knew nothing about.  So of course I went down that rabbit hole.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_buoy_(Luftwaffe)

https://www.lonesentry.com/articles/ttt07/rescue-buoy.html

https://warbirdfanatics.com/2022/09/26/wwii-rescue-buoys-secret-floating-hotels/

Title: Re: WW II rescue buoys in the English Channel
Post by: MechAg94 on October 04, 2022, 04:14:34 PM

Interesting.  I guess if the pilots have to ditch, they can do it near the buoy.  Makes sense at that time.