It performed invaluable patrol, anti-submarine, and search-and-rescue missions in the Atlantic and Pacific. It was responsible for rescuing thousands of pilots. 323 votes Is this iconic? 23 Heinkel He 111 Photo: Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-343-0694-21 Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 DE This ...
My father was a sailor. He was called up in 1939 and served in a submarine squadron in Sevastopol. On his return, he worked in a factory in Peterhof where he lived with my mother. I think they even built some kind of little house there. When war broke out he was working in...