LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
THAT SINKING FEELING
Sometimes you can do everything right and the sea will still find a way to catch you out. Two friends from Bristol found this out when they decided to hit the east Devon coast for the late May Bank Holiday
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An Outboard Motor Boat
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—15th May, 1938. An outboard motor boat had capsized, but four of the five people on board were picked up by a rowing boat and the other swam ashore.—Rewards, £5 13s..
An Aeroplane (1)
Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, and Donaghadee, Co. Down.—24th November, 1938. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but she had made a safe landing. The pilot sent a letter of thanks.—Rewards: Portpatrick, £10 8s. 6d.; Donaghadee,...
An Aeroplane (42)
APRIL 7TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea and later a red rocket was seen, but on receiving a wireless signal that none of our aeroplanes was missing the life-boat returned. -...
An Anson Aeroplane (4)
SEPTEMBER 9TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. An Anson training aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but two men in a rowing boat had rescued three of the crew and recovered two bodies. A third body had been left in the aeroplane.- Rewards...
An Aeroplane (152)
OCTOBER 4TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
A Spitfire aeroplane had been reported down in the sea and a search was made, during an air raid alarm, but nothing was found. The honorary secretary, Commander W. Highfield, O.B.E., R.N.,...
An Aeroplane (155)
OCTOBER 10TH. - SHERINGHAM, NOR FOLK. A bomber had been reported down in the sea twenty miles off Wells, but notrace of her was found either by the life-boat or by other vessels and aeroplanes which took part in the search. - Rewards,...
An Aeroplane (172)
NOVEMBER 8TH . - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea thirty-seven miles in a N.E. direction from Kinnaird Head, but nothing was found. The life-boat was out for ten and a half hours. - Rewards, £23...
An Aeroplane (7)
FEBRUARY 17TH. - KILLYBEGS, CO. DONEGAL. An aeroplane had crashed in the sea north of the Stags of Broadhaven, Co.
Mayo, but. the lifeboat and an R.A.F. rescue ship could find no survivors. The...
An Aeroplane (75)
MAY 1ST. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
An aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea north of Lossiemouth, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £3 5s. 6d..