LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (153)
OCTOBER 4TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
A German aeroplane, a Junkers 88, had been shot down by British fighter aeroplanes east of Southwold, but only oil patches were found. A naval motor vessel which helped in the search was...
A Naval Vessel
NOVEMBER 4TH. - FOWEY, CORNWALL.
A naval vessel had struck a mine just outside the entrance to the harbour, but her crew were rescued by another vessel. - Rewards, £6 13s..
The American Tanker Tillamook
DECEMBER 4TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE.
A salvage officer had wished to board the American tanker Tillamook, which had gone ashore. but the invasion defences prevented the life-boat from getting alongside. - No expense...
An Aeroplane (53)
JUNE 6TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
Signals of distress had been reported 10 miles away, but the life-boat was recalled, as a destroyer had picked up the crew of an aeroplane. - Rewards, £18 10s..
The S.S. Storfjeld
DEC. 11TH. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
The S.S. Storfjeld, of Bergen, had gone ashore, but her crew were rescued from the shore by the coastguard life-saving apparatus. - Rewards, £16 7s..
A Steamer
JANUARY 15TH. - DONAGHADEE, CLOUGHEY, AND NEWCASTLE, CO.
DOWN. A steamer had gone ashore. The life-boats searched in the fog without finding her, for she had got off and had gone on her way to Belfast. - Rewards :...
An Aeroplane (17)
SEPT . 4TH. - HELVICK HEAD, CO.
WATERFORD. What looked like a burning aeroplane was reported to have been seen to drop into the sea, but nothing was found.- No rewards ; launch treated as exercise.
A Liberator Aeroplane
MARCH 4TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. A Liberator aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only wreckage was seen by the life-boat.
Two airmen were picked up by a motorboat.- Rewards, £9 1s.
A Motor Vessel
JANUARY 4TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. A motor vessel had burned flares as her engine had broken down, but she was able to make Buckie under sail.
- Rewards, £10 19s. 9d.
An Aeroplane (48)
MAY 8TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
Two men had reported to the life-boat coxswain that they had seen an aeroplane crash in to the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £4 10s. 6d..