DECEMBER 27TH. - TORBAY, AND SALCOMBE, DEVON. An aeroplane had been reported crashed in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Torbay, £27 6s. ; Salcombe, £21 11s. 6d..
SEPTEMBER 10TH. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN. It was reported that an aeroplane had come down in the sea and that a man had been heard shouting, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £8 2s. 6d..
FEBRUARY 9TH . - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
A Beaufighter aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £14 6s. 6d..
NOV. 23RD. - STROMNESS, ORKNEYS.
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