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    The Seenotdienst (sea rescue service) was a German military organization formed within the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) to save downed airmen from emergency...
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  • out. The plane exploded before Forrest could bail out. By the time the Seenotdienst (the German air-sea rescue) arrived, only one of the crew was still alive...
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    development of modern-day CSAR. During World War II, the Luftwaffe (Seenotdienst organization) operated armed camouflaged air-sea rescue aircraft. In...
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    German Seenotdienst rescue boats based at Hörnum worked with He 59s to save some twenty British airmen from the icy water. In 1940, the Seenotdienst added...
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    for the task of air-sea rescue than the RAF, specifically tasking the Seenotdienst unit, equipped with about 30 Heinkel He 59 floatplanes, with picking...
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    for unarmed air-sea search and rescue conversions in service with the Seenotdienst Including the civilian flying boats 170 Dornier Do 18 were built by Dornier...
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    aircraft each. The German Luftwaffe purchased a number of Bizertes for its Seenotdienst (Air-Sea Rescue) service in 1940, which (in addition to the three undelivered...
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    line resumed, to provide aircraft for the otherwise poorly equipped Seenotdienst (Sea Emergency Service), which was still operating Heinkel He 59 biplanes...
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    ISBN 0-7137-0860-3. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heinkel He 59. Brandenburg Historica, The Luftwaffe Seenotdienst (Air Sea Rescue Service) of World War II...
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    the sea off Étaples. Werknummer 3285, Code M8+KC lost. Crew rescued Seenotdienst (Air Sea Rescue) service. 12–13. 14 September 1940 Spitfire 2 x Bf 109...
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    the film. The US operated many crash rescue boats during World War 2. Seenotdienst (World War II Luftwaffe organisation that operated fast motor life boats)...
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    UNITEC Medienvertrieb Stengelheim (Germany) Tilford Jr., Earl (1977). "SEENOTDIENST: Early Development of Air-Sea Rescue". Air University Review (January...
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    16 – Air sea rescue services under the umbrella of Sea Rescue Service Seenotdienst. Luftwaffen Inspektion 17 – Construction troops and prisoners of war...
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    Channel. He was then rescued by a Dornier Do 18 flying boat from the Seenotdienst (sea rescue service). On a later patrol that day, Ebeling engaged combat...
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    Floating in a small inflatable dinghy for two hours, he was rescued by the Seenotdienst, the German air-sea rescue service. Barkhorn flew again on 2 November...
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  • the Luftwaffe), and the civilian maritime personnel of the Luftwaffe Seenotdienst. Civilian workers and salaried employees assigned tasks in the Luftwaffe...
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  • reconnaissance) 1. Staffel Dornier Do 215, Heinkel He 111, Messerschmitt Bf 110 Stavanger Seenotdienst (Air-sea rescue unit) Heinkel He 59 Sola, Bergen, Trondheim...
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    28 July, Ferriss caught a Heinkel He 59 floatplane of the Luftwaffe's Seenotdienst (sea rescue service) on the surface of the sea; it was attempting to...
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    had lost no boats. Its last reported activities were in August 1953. Seenotdienst (World War II Luftwaffe organisation that operated fast motor life boats)...
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  • was shot down over the Channel. He bailed out and was rescued by the Seenotdienst unharmed. In June 1941, after the attack on the Soviet Union, he accompanied...
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    Junkers 88s and Blohm & Voss BV 138s. The Luftwaffe Sea Rescue Service (Seenotdienst) along with the Kriegsmarine, the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue (RS)...
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    aircraft made emergency landings in the sea; one crew being rescued by Seenotdienst (sea rescue service); two of the surviving aircraft were write-offs and...
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    search-and-rescue mission for Wick. The next day, other naval vessels and the Seenotdienst (air-sea rescue) service, escorted by fighters of JG 2, continued in...
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  • engine failure and he crashed into the sea. He was later rescued by Seenotdienst, the Luftwaffe air-sea rescue service. After that, it was obvious that...
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  • Pingel to ditch off the English coast near Hastings and be rescued by the Seenotdienst (sea rescue service). He claimed his last aerial victory in 1940 on 5...
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  • over the English Channel, and was rescued by German air sea rescue (Seenotdienst). His first victory, a Blenheim, was confirmed on 29 April 1941, followed...
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    front-line aircraft by March 1942. The Luftwaffe Sea Rescue Service (Seenotdienst) along with the Kriegsmarine, the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue (RS)...
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    of Heinkel He 111 torpedo-bombers. The Luftwaffe Sea Rescue Service (Seenotdienst) along with the Kriegsmarine, the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue (RS)...
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    Stalingrad and in southern Russia. The Luftwaffe Sea Rescue Service (Seenotdienst) along with the Kriegsmarine, the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue (RS)...
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