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I agree with your whole post; I just wanted to say that rescuing downed airmen is a fun thing, but during the Battle of Britain? In the Channel? Way to dangerous for my blood; leave it for those crazy kids in the Schnellboots.
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And right you are Sailor Steve, the channel was too dangerous for U-boats. Not all Luftwaffe missions were launched from France though. A Luftflotte based in Norway also weighed in with several raids, including a few fairly sized ones. I seem to recall them operating as a major decoy on Eagle's Day or something - the Germans hoped the British would shift air units to the north allowing the France-based Luftflotte to have an easier go. The British didn't play along.
Rescue missions could work in the areas northeast of England, where S-Boote didn't roam.
But these kind of missions could also be encountered in the Mediterranean, around the German efforts to numb Malta.
Kind regards,
Eichenlaub