J ANUARY 2 1 S T . - P O R T R U S H , C O .
ANTRIM. A vessel had been reported in distress off Torr Head, but nothing was found.
- Rewards, £22 6s..
MARCH 2ND. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT. The R.A.F. reported that an aeroplane was down in the sea and that it was too rough for their speed boat, but the life-boat found nothing.
- Rewards, £18 18s..
APRIL 12TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
The pilot of a British Spitfire aeroplane was reported to have baled out off Perranporth, but he had been drowned and the life-boat found nothing. - Rewards, £17 5s..
APRIL 14TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE, AND SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
An R.A.F. aeroplane had been reported down in the sea several miles off Mablethorpe, but nothing could be found.- Rewards : - Skegness, £8 1s. 6d. ; The...
JULY 24TH. - RAMSGATE. KENT. It had been reported that a convoy had been attacked and that an aeroplane had come down, but though the life-boat found that a convoy had been bombed, she could not find any aeroplane. - Rewards, £5 3s..<...
NOVEMBER 29TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX.
A British aeroplane was reported to have been shot down in the sea and the pilot to be drifting in a rubber boat off East Beach, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £18 10s. 6d..<...
JUNE 29TH. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.
A small rowing boat had been reported missing, but could not be found. It was found abandoned in a cave on the following day. - Rewards, £13 16s. 9d..
DECEMBER 23RD. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. Flares had been reported but nothing could be found, and it was thought that they had been dropped by an aeroplane. - Partly paid permanent crew.
Rewards, £4...
FEBRUARY 26TH. - THURSO, CAITHwas NESS-SHIRE. A ship’s boat had been reported in difficulties near Cape Wrath, but a later message said that she had driven ashore with no one on board, and the lifeboat was recalled by wireless. - Rewards,...
APRIL 7TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported in distress and a white flare seen, but while searching the life-boat was recalled by the naval authorities. - Rewards, £8 18s..