Inside a WWII Rescue Buoy: Exploring the Last Secret “Floating Hotel”

From Calum.

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Last year, I made a video all about the "Rettungsboje" or Rescue buoys, a unique rescue craft designed to act as floating rescue stations for the lufftwaffe during WWII. What I didn’t realise was that one had survived – and so I went out looking for it.

Bunkermuseum Terschelling:

Stichting Bunkerbehoud Terschelling

Gert’s Website:

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The amazing 3D Models by Brendon Kibler! Check him out: http://lumoize.artstation.com

One of Our Aircraft is Missing:
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Some great info on the Rettungsboje
http://www.luftwaffe-zur-see.de/Seenot/Rettungsbojen.htm

Videos of Buoy Being Moved & Recovered:

00:00 – Intro
00:55 – Thanks Opera!
02:39 – Development of the "Lobster Pot"
04:11 – What Happened to the Rescue Buoys?
04:56 – A Surviving Buoy?
05:28 – Gert’s Story
07:53 – Almost Lost
08:09 – Saving the Rettungsboje!
10:09 – Visiting the Buoy!
11:24 – Lets Climb Inside!
14:29 – Meeting Martin & The Team
16:10 – Contribution from Daisy (the Dog)
16:16 – A Familiar Voice?
17:00 – Waffling on a Bit

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