German Air Sea Rescue Service
Title
German Air Sea Rescue Service
Seenotdienst
Who Knows These Airmen?
Description
Two mounted photographs of Allied airmen rescued by the German Air Sea Rescue Service. The page has the text: "Rescued by the German Air Sea Rescue Service. Informations [sic] from Brain Walley, 7 Solomon St, Fremantle, W.A. 6160".
It is further annotated: "German Air Sea Rescue Norjeweg" and "Room 6067 - Cumberland Hotel".
Upper photograph: Five Allied airmen wearing life jackets, stand with four Luftwaffe aircrew and two others on the deck of a vessel, in front of a seaplane. The Allied airmen are identified with an "X" and the photograph is captioned: "1941(?) 5 Eng. Airmen, Amsterdam, Schellingwoude".
Also written is: "Picked up by German Air Sea Rescue Service probably 1941".
From left to right:
Coxswain, Sergeant William Horatio Hales, (507047 Royal Air Force)
Sailor, LAC Alfred George Overill, (964939 Royal Air Force)
Captain, Flying Officer William Francis Jackman, (1163494 Royal Air Force)
Air Gunner, AC2 Edward George Roger Daggett, (1167012 Royal Air Force)
Engineer, LAC Alfred Baden Raybould, (946672 Royal Air Force)
Lower photograph: Three Allied airmen in borrowed clothing stand with five German military personnel in front of a camouflaged tent or building. The Allied airmen are identified with an "X" and the photograph is captioned?: "3 Eng airmen, Amsterdam, Schellingwoude".
On the 1st of July 1941, Kenneth Fenton and crew of Blenheim Mk IV V6258 ditched in the North Sea, 60km North-West of Vlieland Island. High Speed Launch (HSL-108) was dispatched but was engaged by two German Arado 196 seaplanes from Schellingwoude Air-sea Rescue base. The crews of the Arados took the crew of the Blenheim and the RAF Rescue launch as prisoners.
It is further annotated: "German Air Sea Rescue Norjeweg" and "Room 6067 - Cumberland Hotel".
Upper photograph: Five Allied airmen wearing life jackets, stand with four Luftwaffe aircrew and two others on the deck of a vessel, in front of a seaplane. The Allied airmen are identified with an "X" and the photograph is captioned: "1941(?) 5 Eng. Airmen, Amsterdam, Schellingwoude".
Also written is: "Picked up by German Air Sea Rescue Service probably 1941".
From left to right:
Coxswain, Sergeant William Horatio Hales, (507047 Royal Air Force)
Sailor, LAC Alfred George Overill, (964939 Royal Air Force)
Captain, Flying Officer William Francis Jackman, (1163494 Royal Air Force)
Air Gunner, AC2 Edward George Roger Daggett, (1167012 Royal Air Force)
Engineer, LAC Alfred Baden Raybould, (946672 Royal Air Force)
Lower photograph: Three Allied airmen in borrowed clothing stand with five German military personnel in front of a camouflaged tent or building. The Allied airmen are identified with an "X" and the photograph is captioned?: "3 Eng airmen, Amsterdam, Schellingwoude".
On the 1st of July 1941, Kenneth Fenton and crew of Blenheim Mk IV V6258 ditched in the North Sea, 60km North-West of Vlieland Island. High Speed Launch (HSL-108) was dispatched but was engaged by two German Arado 196 seaplanes from Schellingwoude Air-sea Rescue base. The crews of the Arados took the crew of the Blenheim and the RAF Rescue launch as prisoners.
Date
1941-07-01
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Format
Two photographs mounted on a page
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PRaebelGW16010001
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Citation
“German Air Sea Rescue Service,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed January 13, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/49901.
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