FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Did you have further conferences with Admiral Dönitz before his promotion to Commander-in-Chief in 1943?
GÖRING: No.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Did you as Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force use so-called emergency seaplanes for the rescue of fliers shot down in the Channel?
GÖRING: There were several squadrons of emergency seaplanes assigned to the Channel for the rescue of fliers shot down, both German and enemy fliers, as the order clearly proves.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: What did these planes look like?
GÖRING: These planes were, as far as I remember, marked with the Red Cross.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Were they armed?
GÖRING: Not at first.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: And how were these emergency planes treated by the British?
GÖRING: There were some instances where they were not molested, but there were a number of cases in which they were shot down while they were engaged in rescue actions. Since these cases became predominant, I said it would be more expedient not to use the Red Cross markings any longer, to have these planes armed and thus try to rescue our comrades from the sea. We had tremendous losses in these emergency sea squadrons.