LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (91)
AUGUST 15TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. A British aeroplane had crashed, and the pilot had been seen descending by parachute, but although wreckage was found nothing more was seen of the man or parachute. - Rewards, £20 12s..
An Aeroplane (106)
AUGUST 26TH. CROMER, NORFOLK.
An aeroplane had come down in the sea about 18 miles from Cromer, but the crew were picked up by other vessels. - Rewards, £6 1s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (112)
AUGUST 31ST. - MARGATE, KENT. A German aeroplane had been seen to crash into the sea, but a fishing boat rescued one of its crew, and of another airman who, he said, was also in the sea nothing was found but his parachute. - Rewards, £5...
An Aeroplane (122)
SEPTEMBER 2ND. - MARGATE, KENT.
During an air raid a German aeroplane had been seen to crash into the sea four or five miles N. by W. of the station, but nothing except a patch of oil could be found.
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Aeroplanes (5)
SEPTEMBER 11TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX.
During an air battle several aeroplanes, both British and German, crashed into the sea, but the life-boat found nothing but patches of oil. - Rewards, £6 3s. 6d..
A Steamer (37)
OCTOBER 6TH. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.
A steamer had gone ashore north of Ayr, but before the arrival of the life-boat she had managed to get off and had been towed into Ayr harbour. - Rewards, £7..
A Spitfire Aeroplane (7)
JUNE 20TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. A Spitfire aeroplane had crashed, but no airman was found, and the life-boat’s efforts to tow in the aeroplane were unsuccessful. - Rewards, £11 8s. 6d.
(See Sheringham, “ Services by...
A Lysander Aeroplane
NOVEMBER 6TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.
A Lysander aeroplane had crashed into a rough sea one mile east of Porth Gain, but the life-boat found nothing and it was learned later that one airman had got ashore in his...
An Aeroplane (6)
FEBRUARY 24TH. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. An ex-coxswain, an exsecond coxswain and two farm workers helped to make up the life-boat’s crew. - Rewards, £20...
18 Months of War.
In the first eighteen months of war life-boats have rescued 3526 lives.
They have rescued more lives in these eighteen months of war than in the last ten years of peace. They have rescued a life every four hours..
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