LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (124)
AUGUST 20TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea in flames six miles N.W. of Cromer, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £17 10s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (186)
DECEMBER 10TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea off Pwllheli, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £29 3s..
Newcastle, CO. Down
NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN On the 21st January, 1942, the Newcastle life-boat rescued thirty-nine of the crew of the S.S. Browning, of Liverpool.
COXSWAIN PATRICK MURPHY was awarded the gold medal.
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Category: Medals
A Hudson Aeroplane
APRIL 20TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
A Hudson aeroplane was reported to have crashed in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £10 18s..
A Mosquito Aeroplane
MARCH 20TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
A Mosquito aeroplane had been reported fallen into the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £26 13s..
A Small Boat (2)
JUNE 21ST. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
A small boat with two men on board had capsized, but the men were picked up by another boat. - Rewards, £3 15s..
None (28)
JUNE 26TH. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.
Flares probably washed overboard from R.A.F. launches had ignited when they struck rocks, and had been mistaken for distress signals. - Rewards, £10 2s..
An Aeroplane (23)
JULY 14TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £5 1s..
A Steamer (3)
JANUARY 30TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
A steamer had run aground on the Haisborough Sands, but she refloated without help. - Rewards, £41 2s..
Two Fishing Boats
APRIL 6TH. - STORNOWAY, HEBRIDES.
A fishing boat had been drifting, and another had sunk, but both crews got ashore.- Rewards, £13 16s..