World War II rescue buoys (German and British)

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

From the comments thread of the above video:

Jazztymann Koop​

2 weeks ago
Last week I was at the Dutch island of Terschelling in the museum at the island they have fully restored one of these things. Some surface damage is seen from the shooting practice of the RAF but it looks just like it's painted brand new. It stranded in 1942 or 1943 I believe but sunk into the sand at the beach and they only recovered it a couple years ago and decided to place it in the local museum.

Rescue buoy (Luftwaffe) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

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On a side note regarding the British Air Sea Rescue Services:

A look at the history of the RAF's Directorate of Air/Sea Rescue aka the ASRS (Air Sea Rescue Services) of World War II

https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/research/RAF-Historical-Society-Journals/Journal-40.pdf

 

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Via TankNet:

View: https://youtu.be/a90_QdrKo1Q