Luftwaffe Air-Sea Rescue Buoy???

[emtmedic005]

Hey soo does anyone have any more info on Luftwaffe air-sea rescue buoys? I remember reading a WW2 book and it mentioned how the German Navy deployed them in the English Channel for Luftwaffe pilots who had to bail out. How could that work in the game? Hmm maybe we could have small side missions that send uboats to rescue to pilots? I saw a picture of one of those bouys that washeh ashore in England and it looked like a Porta potty on top of some floating barrels. then there was a picture of the supplies inside, it had canned water/food, dry clothing, blankets, a raft, flares, pretty much everything a pilot needs to survive at sea. Has anyone ever heard of these? Can they be scripted into the game?

Edited........ i found some great info on the rescue buoy http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/ttt07/rescue-buoy.html

[Madox58]

Like anything else, they can be built and put into the game.
I've got a bit of info on them.
;)

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/udet1.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/udet2.jpg

[bigboywooly]

You need a Storch then to pick them up
IIRC the Germans used them for spying also so the RAF started shooting them down even thugh painted white with the cross on the side
lol

[Brag]

Interesting little side operation. But still, I will stay out of Der Kanal :smug:

[Madox58]

Just what we need to do,
Tell everyone to stay out of the Channel,
then put eye candy there to draw 'em in!
:cool:

[Torplexed]

There was one German long range maritime fighter unit, the V Gruppe/Kampfgeschwader 40 which operated regularly over the Bay of Biscay. Diverting a U-Boat to pick up one of their downed pilots on ocassion could be a possibilty. :hmm:

[Brag]

Just what we need to do,
Tell everyone to stay out of the Channel,
then put eye candy there to draw 'em in!
:cool:

Probably more eye candy in the channel than anywhere else, to attract bummel fahrting Kaleuns--The eye candy of death tours brought to you by the evil GWX team. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

Like anything else, they can be built and put into the game.
I've got a bit of info on them.
;)




http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4030/winkbigid2zj6.gif

[Madox58]

And here's the British version.
http://www.cycle-n-sleep.co.uk/rinfo/related/invcarlisle/maritime_wartime.jpg

[Madox58]

Here's 10 minutes in 3DS Max

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/udet_Hull.jpg

[Madox58]

30 Minutes.
Maybe I should call it [WIP]
:hmm:
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/udet_Hull2.jpg

[Tessa]

Since my current career is still very early in the war and got somewhat far patrol area (for a VIIB) so decided to go through Der Kanal and then pass through Scapa Flow on the return. When I passed by the Denmark coast there were a few of these buoy's in the water; though they were owned by Denmark (which is still neutral right now) there's still several of them ingame (GWX2).

[bigboywooly]

Since my current career is still very early in the war and got somewhat far patrol area (for a VIIB) so decided to go through Der Kanal and then pass through Scapa Flow on the return. When I passed by the Denmark coast there were a few of these buoy's in the water; though they were owned by Denmark (which is still neutral right now) there's still several of them ingame (GWX2).

You are possibly thinking of lightships - which will fly a Danish\whoever flag or just lit navigation buoys

[Madox58]

Ya, We're good.
But not THAT good!
Sheeze, I just finished UVing the hull!!
:rotfl:

[Knotical]

They look like mini U-boats, maybe they should have been fitted with a couple of torp. tubes and trim tanks, so the shot down Luft. fliers could get some payback. But then they would have to have a mini crew waiting, when the pilot swam up and boarded:
Vhat are your orders, Her Kaluen!!

[kurtz]

Ahh! I saw one of these in 'We Dive at Dawn' and wondered what it was all about. That one was fitted with a radio, though I suspect that was a fiction, I can't see radios being left drifting in the channel, not to mention the power for them.

[Madox58]

There were, infact, radios in them.
Check the link in the first post.
It has a good breakdown on the Udets.
:up:
But from my research, no downed flyer ever reached a Udet
to raise the flag or radio in.

It's a different story with the Cuckoo.
(British version of the Rescue Buoy)

[coronas]

This add-on was made for CFS3 so many years ago.
http://www.regshanger.com/Groundcrew/homepage/CFS3/Packages/rescue/Rescue%20Pontoon.php