Eagles over the Sea 1935-1942 by Lawrence Paterson

Author:Lawrence Paterson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: HISTORY/Military/World War II
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing

A third He 59, D-AGIO, shot down on 11 July in the vicinity of a convoy south of the Devon coast, finally settled the issue as far as the British were concerned, and despite vehement German protests that the Seenotdienst aircraft were protected by articles of the Geneva Convention, on 14 July the British issued Air Ministry Bulletin 1254 in which they declared:

Enemy aircraft bearing civil markings and marked with the red cross have recently flown over British ships at sea and in the vicinity of the British coast, and they are being employed for purposes which His Majesty’s Government cannot regard as being consistent with the privileges generally accorded to the Red Cross. His Majesty’s Government desire to accord to ambulance aircraft reasonable facilities for the transportation of the sick and wounded, in accordance with the Red Cross Convention, and aircraft engaged in the direct evacuation of the sick and wounded will be respected, provided that they comply with the relevant provisions of the Convention.

His Majesty’s Government are unable, however, to grant immunity to such aircraft flying over areas in which operations are in progress on land or at sea, or approaching British or Allied territory, or territory in British occupation, or British or Allied ships. Ambulance aircraft which do not comply with the above requirements will do so at their own risk and peril.

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