LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Tanker
FEBRUARY 3RD. - ARBROATH, ANGUS.
A tanker had been attacked by German aircraft about seven miles off Arbroath, but she could not be found. - Rewards, £7 10s. 6d..
None (94)
OCTOBER 28TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
German airmen had been reported down in the sea five miles east of Saltfleet, but nothing could be found. - Paid permanent crew..
An Aeroplane (172)
NOVEMBER 7TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea three miles east of Foreness, but the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £7 12s..
An Aeroplane (49)
MAY 27TH. - BALTIMORE, CO. CORK.
An aeroplane was reported to have crashed, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £5 12s..
None (26)
SEPTEMBER 4TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
A British airman had baled out, but he was rescued by an R.A.F. launch. - Rewards, £4 7s. 6d..
An American Aeroplane
SEPTEMBER 27TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.
An American aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the pilot swam ashore. - Rewards, £10 1s. 6d..
An American Liberator Bombing Aeroplane
OCTOBER 29TH. - MINEHEAD, SOMERSET.
An American Liberator bombing aeroplane had crashed, but she had come down on land. - Rewards, £24 4s..
None (41)
NOVEMBER 14TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK.
A flash had been reported, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £27 9s. 9d..
A Barge (2)
DEC. 3RD. - WALTON AND FRINTON.
ESSEX. A barge had been reported in distress, but nothing could be found. - Rewards £22 12s..
A Canoe
MARCH 18TH. - BEAUMARIS, ANGLESEY.
A canoe had capsized, but the two persons on board were drowned before the lifeboat could reach them. - Rewards, £19 11s..