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..
NOVEMBER 6TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found.- Rewards, £12 12s..
JANUARY 4TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported to have crashed into the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £11 6s. 9d.
FEBRUARY 12TH. - ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE. A steamer had stranded off Crail, but when the life-boat coxswain hailed her he was thanked and told that help was not needed. - Rewards, £9.
FEBRUARY 9TH . - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
A Beaufighter aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £14 6s. 6d..
Volunteers, their family and friends came together for a special awards ceremony in June, which recognised the bravery and years of service they have given to the RNLI community. Crews from Girvan and Troon (pictured below) were met with a...
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DECEMBER 12TH. - BALTIMORE, CO. CORK. Explosions were heard and aeroplanes seen off the harbour. It was thought that a vessel had been attacked by German aeroplanes, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £9 9s..
NOVEMBER 14TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE. Airmen from a crashed bombing aeroplane had landed on a sandbank, but were rescued by another vessel before the life-boat arrived. - Rewards, £15 16s.
FEBRUARY 14TH. - LYTHAM - ST. ANNE’S, LANCASHIRE. A naval pinnace was adrift and on fire at night with no one on board, but nothing was found. - Expenses paid by the Admiralty.
DURING THE EVENING of Tuesday July 28, 1981, Blackpool's D class inflatable lifeboat had been out on service, searching for what a man on shore had reported might be an upturned boat out to sea.
Nothing had been found...