In 1940, both the British and the Germans began using aircraft and motor vessels to rescue airmen shot down offshore. The Luftwaffe used some older float planes for rescue work. After each engagement in the Battle of Britain, the Royal Air Force Fighter Command sent Westland Lysander liaison planes with fighter escort to drop rubber rafts to air...
A German torpedo hit the RMS Lusitania on May 7, 1915. Shortly after, a substantial second explosion shook the ship. Within 20 minutes, the vessel known as the "Greyhound of the Seas" had sunk to the ocean floor, resulting in the deaths of almost 1200 individuals. A new two-step investigation...