WW2 Luftwaffe Rescue Buoys

[@warpartyattheoutpost4987]

... nicer than the first apartment I had.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Let me guess, that place didn't have an outside view?

[@CuttySobz]

I had a 2 bedroom apartment for 550 a month when I first moved out xD Now I pay over 1k a month for a single bedroom....

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@CuttySobz Dang. Would even think that living on a cruise liner feels more cheaper than this.

[@misaelfrancisbidon630]

lol

[@jackw8338]

Was your apartment also rocking back and forth 24/7?

[@thad117]

For anyone interested in a deeper dive on this subject, the KZbinr Calum has a long format video that goes into further detail

[@kiiiisu]

up

[@seanpalmer2050]

Yes, Calum is amazing and his video on this topic predates this one.

[@andrewstravels2096]

Very interesting concept. Never knew such a contraction existed. As always, a great one Johnny!!!

[@aka99]

Same here

[@Captain_Willard]

Contraption

[@nicholaslutz4]

highly recommend Calums video on these! he has a fantastic in depth videos and models of these!

[@grindstone4910]

Very cool concept. I can't believe I've never heard of these before. Thanks for the video.

[@aka99]

Same here

[@kellychuang8373]

Yes it really is a cool concept also for other suggestions or for this channel may want to look into bombers if there is one like B-52 and Tupolev TU-95, Mi-24 Hind helicopter, A-1 Cobra, DSHK machine gun, PKM, RPG-7, M-14 rifle and 2 of the most famous rifles known in the Vietnam war M-16 and AK-47 are some parts you can go for maybe even go for a Chinook to add or the Molotov Cocktail and another part may look for some parts in movies that may not be in reality like the click landmine trope you can question.

[@nicholaslutz4]

highly recommend Calums video on these! he has a fantastic in depth videos and models of these!

[@kellychuang8373]

@@nicholaslutz4 That's good for that as well.

[@hiramlewis3873]

Of all the WW2 history I've learned about, this is the first time I ever heard of em. Thanks for the education

[@brooklyntguy77]

Video idea: Tranquilizer guns - in the movies.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Ah, yes, the "headshot = insta-knockout" pacifistic weapon. Hope to also see rubber bullets, what with examples like The Dark Knight Returns, Trigun, and Lycoris Recoil.

[@kevingluys3063]

@@michaelandreipalon359 could do a great episode on all the different "friendly peaceful instant-knockout kumbaya weapons" used in fiction compared with what they *actually* do. Including the most hilarious one in my opinion: *Bullet Ants* in Ant-Man.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@kevingluys3063 Sure beats the lethal taser from the Syphon Filter games. Ah-hah, now that was campy.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Set phasers to fun....or is that pun....?...

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@michaelandreipalon359saw plenty of them in Northern Ireland....10 cc , a pop band from Stockport had a major hit...called Rubber bullets....it was originally going to be titled ,Ulster...

[@Chiller01]

Buoy that was a great video. Pilot rescue was so rudimentary in WW2. Would be interesting to look at pilot rescue in the Pacific.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Bhouy...as in Celtic FC....😅

[@jimmysundberg2376]

Rule n.1 don’t get caught by the Japanese

[@flitsertheo]

The English Channel is a very small area compared with the Pacific Ocean and there was basically only 1 flying route, to and from the UK. I don't see how they would have achieved this on Pacific scale.

[@mikemilner8080]

The US Navy did sometimes position one or more submarines off-shore of a Japanese held island prior to a major air strike. Former US President GHW Bush was rescued by such a submarine after his plane was shot down while bombing the radio relay station on an island near Iwo Jima. The sheer size and depth of the Pacific Ocean made rescue buoys impractice.

[@WilliamHolden-t5g]

Yes, submarines were on rescue duty for downed pilots after major battles and bombing operations.@@mikemilner8080

[@jordanclark7267]

Very curious how successful they were and how many people they saved

[@dean828]

A very intriguing bit of history... thanks for making & sharing it! I'm the Grandson of two WWII US Army Air Corp veterans... one in the South Pacific theatre, the other North Africa into Sicily into Italy into Germany... both gone on to glory.

[@LizardSpork]

These days people would pay good money to Airbnb in one of those things.

[@hiramlewis3873]

In the heat of War, these life saving buoys were available to all. More should have been made and designated as a no kill zone for anyone who happens to be in one.

[@stripedpants1668]

The Japs probably would’ve blown them all up.

[@NathanPa-xo3zj]

Was wondering if these are worthed to bring back for modern war

[@antoniodelaugger9236]

@@NathanPa-xo3zj not sure about current day but in the falkland wars, both the brits and argentinians had a neutral zone for hospital ships on both sides to stay.

[@dustydeemer8347]

yeah bro a "no kill zone" in a war. keep living in fantasy land.

[@hindugoat2302]

like a DMZ ? its been done @@dustydeemer8347

[@SeniorTripod]

I never knew these things existed. Thanks for the new research thread!

[@dominiclaherty4099]

Loved this had no idea of the existence of these so superb to learn something. Thanks a lot

[@rebralhunter6069]

They honestly seem super cozy.

[@JH-lo9ut]

If you would create a torture device that work on the principle of sea-sickness, it would look like this. Riding out rough sea at anchor is one of the most vomit-inducing things you can imagine. The short picture of the British rescue bouy looks much better designed. It is shaped like a boat and will turn it's bow against the wind and waves. It's bottom is shaped so that it is progressively "floaty". These things makes it move more smoothly, whereas the German bouy is pitching like crazy. (If the one in the old film is indeed a real one. The real one had quite a bit of concrete ballast that will smooth things out a bit, in theory)

[@luigidisanpietro3720]

Johnny, would you please tackle the history behind "Pith Helmets" and the "Banzai Charge" in the future? I really enjoy your content and been binge watching them. I hope you carry on the good work👍

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks so much. I promise both subjects are on my list!

[@luigidisanpietro3720]

​@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Thank you too...👍

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@JohnnyJohnsonEsqmust stop getting pithed...darn that lisp....😅😅😅

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

These things have always fascinated me, thanks for adding to the short list of info on them!!!!

[@rogerdevero8726]

Johnny, you really HAVE THE BEST HISTORY VIDEOS. Great topics and presented in a fun and interesting way. Thank You - John 14:6

[@chardaskie]

Not trying to start argument truly. But how you feel about Mohammed?

[@RandomAussie-dx9fj]

@jarjarbinks7303 It's a joke.

[@ketsuekikumori9145]

If you want to deep dive into this subject, I definitely recommend Calum Raasay's video on this.

[@callsigntonks4029]

Ayy a bit late but the good content keeps on coming, keep it up johnny :)

[@samholdsworth420]

Very cool Johnny! Didnt known about these. 😊

[@sidneysun5217]

that's such an genius solution. thx for the video. i was not aware of this before

[@enedenedubedene4811]

Ein Tropfen Menschlichkeit für Freund und Feind gleichermaßen in der Sinnlosigkeit und Brutalität des Krieges.👆👆👆👆👆👆😍😍😍😍 Viele Grüsse aus Germany

[@Swissspookie]

We still won the war;)

[@eamonnclabby7067]

A very interesting and informative article,,sir....an overlooked feature of WW2 in ,the English Channel ,the MTB s and E boats ,were also very active there...yes a 10 on 10 for this...😊😊

[@tujungo5548]

Love your videos

[@AB-gk8cs]

Fascinating story - I never heard of such things, although I have read a fair share of books about WW II. Did you know how many people were rescued thanks to these?

[@historythings6939]

Hello again Johnny

[@johanvanbeek7138]

Never heard of them, great research!

[@PW.6060]

Great video, and something I didn't know. It's not often I see WW2 videos on something about which I've never heard. Thank you!

[@daviddavies2072]

Brilliant bit of film , 👍🇬🇧

[@fortis3686]

You have the IL-2 Sturmovik listed as a potential topic for a video? It would be an interesting topic to cover as the IL-2 wasn’t just the most produced plane in ww2, but it was also the terror of the skies in the Eastern Front, with the firepower and armour to annihilate axis columns on the ground

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Will expect the Il-2 Sturmovik: 1946 video game to be a huge part in footage.

[@bolnol]

That would be cool

[@wolfbyte3171]

... I'm now considering if something like this could be used in a local sci-fi setting. Like, a local conflict (in system), with single-module space stations that, if you're lucky, you can get to and await rescue.

[@dannyzero692]

Considering the vastness and silence of space, I’d suspect these things to be much bigger and house much more people (>10 people) due to the fact that space ships would have large amounts of crew, the thing would need large amounts of space inside to store food, entertainment, redundancy systems and backup oxygen generators as well as repair tools to seal off any leaks. It would also have to last for months or years are least due to having to wait rescue in the vast empty void that is space, extra armor would added to it to resist space debris (from combat zones) and automatic systems to stabilize itself if its in orbit of a planet. A lot more complicated that a buoy that floats.

[@TellySavalas-or5hf]

I thought it was ugly things that marred the calm sea. No, it was the yellow color that repels me so much.

[@grahamprice3230]

Might change your mind if swimming in the channel with a leg blown off.

[@alexandersupertramp1293]

The seasickness!

[@battlejitney2197]

Never knew about these. Thanks, Johnny!

[@mbryson2899]

Man, I got queasy just _watching_ those things roll!

[@MyRanger12]

That was a good one Johnny, I had no idea these were used. Makes since

[@solarflare623]

Could you do P-51 mustang-in the movies?

[@michaelandreipalon359]

They aren't tank busters, as Saving Private Ryan erroneously concluded in its otherwise grand end.

[@cm275]

@@michaelandreipalon359Captain Miller’s 1911 had prototype AP rounds that destroyed the panzer. 😂

[@mbryson2899]

Isn't that the Spitfire knockoff? I think he's done Spits already, he may have had a footnote.

[@WilliamAndrewPhilipBodie]

First time i hear about them. Thank's 😀

[@hicknopunk]

The seltzer water will be nice after you puke your guts out from the lack of outside visibility

[@Stepdave]

There is one at a bunker museum on the island Terschelling in the Netherlands, I've seen it up close and even went inside it. It looked like it had bullet holes in it of a rifle and it has a big chunk missing from the bottom. It didn't give info at the museum what happend so i wander why its in that state.

[@SteveSamillano]

Excellent video...thanks!!

[@mabbrey]

great vid

[@turkey0165]

World War is brutal! But whoever invented the booey is a humanitarian regardless of what side. Dying at sea in freezing water is a horrible way to die ! These german buoys literally saved German young men, but also some British young men also.! Im grateful 🙏

[@calvins4940]

Well done!

[@felipedelrioalvarez6335]

Why dont be use More they can save a Lot of lives on the actuality

[@Marylandbrony]

I wouldn't mind spending a night in one of them.

[@arminarmout5139]

Wow never thought I'd be this early in one of your videos😊

[@ultrajd]

I could easily live comfortably in one of those.

[@pendantblade6361]

I too am a big fan of Callum.

[@RandomAussie-dx9fj]

Great video, as always, although I must say I prefer Calum's video on this.

[@rambunctiousmedia3350]

If these rescue buoys wound up washing ashore, surely someone would load one onto a trailer, then put it up on concrete piers, clean it up and turn it into a tiny home. Wouldn't surprise me one bit since somebody turned a large modern lifeboat into a house boat.

[@wiktorberski9272]

I have heard something about these buoys. A pretty interesting piece of equipment. I tried to find a more detailed scheme of these installations, but my efforts were futile. I was thinking about basic physiological need resulting from food digestion. It looks,that inhabitants were forced to use a bucket with a lid

[@leander2843]

My grand uncle Anton Zeiser was trapped in one of those with his tailgunner Martin Heller(Bf-110) and the very RAF huricane pilot that shot them down (Martin took his planes engine out while theyre left engine caught fire,forcing Uncle Anton to water it to have any chance of survival.

[@toastnjam7384]

That had to a bit awkward. Which side rescued them?

[@leander2843]

@@toastnjam7384 Germany. It isnt one of those great stories where the enemys becomes great friends and the germans help the british escape. They sat out the three days because a storm prevented any ship from going near to get them out. They made themselves comfortable, showed around pics of their families, and tolerated and respected each other as fellow airmen. Even played some chess against each other with the Brit emerging victorious, but in the end He was sent to a pow Camp, and from then on, my grand uncle didnt know what happened to him. All He knew was that his stalag was liberated in early 1945.

[@Sangztah]

Another great video :)))

[@SteveBrownRocks2023]

I’d LOVE to have one of the English versions! Take it up to the lake & spend weekends in it! 😃👆🏽

[@robertcaccavalla6469]

Interesting, it makes sense. I've never heard anything about them before.

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

Search "WWII Rescue Buoys - Secret 'Floating Hotels' of the English Channel" by Calum. I highly recommend his channel. You don't pronounce the g in Cognac, JJ. It's pronounced kown-yak.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I seem to have to pronounce at least one thing wrong in each video 😌

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Your pronunciation and enunciation are significantly above average.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Mis pronunciation is considered an art form here on Merseyside...😅😅😅

[@johnmeyer4789]

​@@JohnnyJohnsonEsqI think you beat mark Felton to something obscure.😁

[@GTH321]

So interesting for some odd reason

[@duncanself5111]

I've never heard of these before 👍

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Yeah. I didn't know about these. I would imagine that their positions were part of some level of air crew briefings. If they knew they weren't going to make it across the Channel - they might have been able to head for a rescue Buoy if they knew where they were. Far better to be in a Rescue Buoy than floating around in a raft with the Sea Gulls trying to eat your eyes. .

[@elultimo102]

Surprising to find the Germans cared so much about their pilots. Crew accommodations on US subs were luxurious, compared to the Spartan minimal provided on the U-Boats.

[@rudithedog7534]

Not quite an Air B&B....more of a Sea B&B

[@chardaskie]

So did they usually get "rescued" by Germans or Captured?

[@hurch1915]

Either way, at least they were rescued.

[@arnijulian6241]

At sea an enemy is the least of your worries! Nature can be a right b!tch.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@arnijulian6241 ...still memories of the Atlantic and Murmansk convoys here on Merseyside, very much in awe of those brave seamen, both Royal Navy and merchant navy.

[@chardaskie]

@@arnijulian6241 very true. I'd rather have a gun pointed at me than a rogue wave

[@chardaskie]

@@eamonnclabby7067 I bet it's neat to live so close to History. I am in Minnesota in the states and the most historic thing here is the old Fort from frontier times

[@castercamber]

1:00 Heh...Two-finger salute, "F those E-boats"

[@scotttyson7970]

Wow I never knew Great humanitarian effert

[@mrmyke]

Very cool. Thanks. (But, "cognac" is pronounced cone-yak, roughly. The "g" is silent. This will help you at the bar counter when ordering.)

[@will_bill6663]

Have u ever thought of starting a discord server? It would be nice to interact with fans

[@bongo6_462]

I have a friene who pays 800/ month for a appartment. Actually smaller than this

[@derryjones1029]

Imagine the happiness after being floating about all day and night then u happen to find 1 of these 😂

[@rolfagten857]

They looked like floating Citrons. Great stuff. Are there any (German) saved in a museum today John?!

[@robmcsweeney9669]

Scottish Maritime museum, Irvine

[@rolfagten857]

Is it worth the visit?! @@robmcsweeney9669

[@springbok4015]

0:50 there, you almost got the pronunciation of “buoy” right.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

In Canada, we pronounce it differently from South Africa. One of 160 English dialects.

[@springbok4015]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Nicely spotted! Yes, I was just kidding. Loved it either way.

[@paulbennett4415]

Yes, in American English, it's pronounced "boo-ee", but in British English, it's pronounced "boy".

[@02Tony]

The Luftwaffe certainly did a better job saving and rescuing it's pilots than the RAF did. Based on my memory, during the early years in the battle of Britain there wasn't any rescue services dedicated to the downed pilots.

[@Trebor74]

The British had the same type of buoys. If I remember correctly

[@cesaravegah3787]

Since they were flying over friendly territory most RAF downed pilots were helped by the Navy, fishermen, local authorities or just any civilians who happened to be near, no need to divert scarce resources for large rescue efforts which werent really needed at that moment, later on the war the RAF with the allies help mounted a massive rescue operation on continental Europe where was really needed.

[@steveswales8446]

Whilst that's largely true, the British did not have any effective air sea rescue boats during the bulk of the Battle of Britain. In early 1941, when it became clear that many pilots (estimated at 80%) ditching in the Channel/North Sea were dieing unnecessarily, RAF Bomber Command finally prioritised the introduction of a specialist air sea rescue service, though I'm not sure whether the British ever introduced similar refuge buoys.

[@niiloseppala-ru8hy]

Can you do a video about finish weapons 🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@kungpowdan9632]

I'm surprised Udet didn't try and turn it into a dive bomber.

[@alanwaye]

There are a few videos on KZbin about these. But it would make a great rental these days. Cramped but nice in the fact you want be paying anything except for food and fuel

[@billkingston4402]

Bloody luxury

[@steveswales8446]

Very interesting piece, though I found the unnatural pronunciation of Buoys irritating. The "U" is normally silent in English usage.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

160 English dialects. I've never found any of them annoying, really.

[@kainigwon5433]

As a German pilot, I'd LOVE to crash land my airplane in the ocean on purpose just to enjoy the luxury and comfort of these floating hotels~ 😆 Why be feared of dying all the time when you can just sit back, relax, and have Brandy, get drunk, and play cards the whole time. And when we run out of food, then we use the radio and say that it didn't work until now. 😄 And when we get dispatched on a new mission on a new plane, do the same thing again, repeat. Why wait until you get shot down by British planes when you can PRETEND that you were shot down? It's a much more safer way. 😃

[@robertwills7881]

can you please do a video on the oil rigs that the british turned into sea forts? also your videos are great!

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks a lot 🙏 very cool idea I'll see what I can come up with

[@neilfoster814]

There were no oil rigs that we turned into sea forts. The sea forts were designed from the outset to be either army or navy sea forts called 'Maunsel forts' after the guy who designed them. There were 2 types, one looked like it was sat on two oil drums, the other looked like it was stood on tripods and were in groups of 5 linked together by aerial walkways, one was a radar tower and four were gun towers.

[@robertwills7881]

huh.thanks for clarifying that cause i didn't know what they were and assumed they were oil rigs. thanks!@@neilfoster814

[@ArktinenPeikko]

That Heinkel HE 59 at 3:27 really got me curious. Did Germany have that type of swastika on its planes ever? Because that looks like the Finnish WW2 era swastika (not politically related to German, I think is always worth pointing out...). I understood German swastika was always aligned at 45 degree angle, and the Finnish one was aligned like the one in the photo shown on this video, 90 degrees. Would any other viewer know whether Germans had their swastika aligned like this as well at some point? Finnish Air Force did have 4 borrowed HE 59's as far as I know as a supply planes for long range patrols during WW2, but i dont think any of them had the red cross on them as i believe the one in the video does. I originally thought this was a Finnish HE 59 (the plane number had SUO, which would be the first 3 letters if you spelled Finland in Finnish, Suomi, so that also may have made me think that) but upon further checking, Germany had at least a few with this type of swastika, which again doesnt look like was used in other German markings of the time.

[@tavish4699]

The early planes had this variant

[@tavish4699]

Also it wouldnt make much sense that the finnish have a sea rescue plane as they struggled to have an airforce to begin with

[@tavish4699]

Also that SÜO might actually me a SÜD which is german for south

[@lordwintertown8284]

It seems the Rescue Bouy has fascinated many as of late. OOF the correction comments hah hah that would get tiring. Odd note they feature in the vehicular combat game War Thunder as background items in the naval side of the game.

[@fasthracing]

Have any of them survived I wonder?

[@ryanvictoria6206]

Are there any surviving relics today?

[@Ruben-xc5ru]

In 2017 there was a ‘Udet bouy’ dug up on the beach of Terschelling island in the Netherlands. (Part of the wadden islands) At least the outside was visually restored in 2019. And is now on display at the Terschelling casemate museum.

[@ryanvictoria6206]

@@Ruben-xc5ru thank you! Would love to see it someday.👍

[@mbryson2899]

I believe the Principality of Sealand still stands.

[@hurch1915]

Have you ever made a video that wasn't interesting?

[@michaelandreipalon359]

So far, I don't think so.

[@Daniel4646]

Never knew this kind of contraption existed. Cheers to all KZbin amateur historians!

[@HerzogVonMartian]

3:35 Say - Note - Dienst say it fast a couple times and you got it

[@HerzogVonMartian]

I guess the first word "say" would have to be pronounced more like Zay but other than that it's the best I can think of

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I try my best..

[@HerzogVonMartian]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq that wasn't a dig, my German isn't the best either.

[@Gitfiddle]

2:25 Cognac pronounced “kown-yak” 😂

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I am doomed to pronounce at least one thing wrong every video ={

[@timothyhastings5933]

Do any of these survive today?

[@bolnol]

I want to buy this and bury in in my backyard with the top just poking out

[@mbryson2899]

You'd need a pool for best effect.

[@Swissspookie]

Is your middle name john?

[@eGavik]

Possibly stupid questions, but did the British know where they all were? Wouldn't they try to get there first to capture German pilots? Or were the waters too contested/did the British not have the resources to try and do this?

[@WilliamHolden-t5g]

The Germans, British and Americans used each other's buoy's. Whichever country got their first is who they went home with as they all had radios inside of them. The rescuing country would resupply the buoys with essentials after each rescue for the next survivors. The irony of war.

[@paulnutter1713]

There were no booeys in the channel only boys

[@politicsuncensored5617]

I love guns of all kinds and I'm sick of this guy begging people to sign his petition in the stupid Utube ad. They say you can block ads and not see them again. BS~~~!!! I have blocked or tried to block this ad a dozen times. I also love your channel and military topics. Shalom

[@mathewdean3334]

Loved this could you do one on the british counterpart

[@al3440]

Wait, you Airbnb what?! 😁

[@Daddyclive]

A buoy is pronounced "Boy." Where did "Booee" come from?

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Common pronunciation in Canada and US.

[@gordonirving24]

They can't pronounce route either!

[@Steven-nd1pz]

What happened if a Brit and German shared the same pod?

[@Jens-tc5yz]

Inget

[@SlumberBear2k]

it would be so peaceful to be shot down and camp out in one of those and then they don't get to you for a while so you just chill in it alone and have food for 4 people so can stay for like 2 weeks drinking brandy and stuff.

[@aliasunknown7476]

I was lead to believe this was British idea.

[@bigbob1699]

Might have shortened the war if they stocked them all with hostesses.!