LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two U.S.A. Liberator Aeroplanes
FEBRUARY 16TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX.
Two U.S.A. Liberator aeroplanes had collided and crashed, with the loss of about twenty lives, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £9 7s..
A Hurricane Aeroplane
MARCH 27TH. - AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND.
A Hurricane aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but only wreckage was found. - Rewards, £11 8s..
An Admiralty Motor Vessel
APRIL 12TH. - CROMARTY. The engine of an Admiralty motor vessel had broken down, but she was towed in by another vessel. - Rewards, £6 5s..
A Spitfire Aeroplane (1)
JUNE 16TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
A Spitfire aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but nothing was found.- Rewards, £8 2s..
An Aeroplane (46)
NOVEMBER 24TH. - ST. MARY’S, SCILLY ISLES. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found.
- Rewards, £14 5s..
A Small Boat (1)
MARCH 7TH. - CLOVELLY, DEVON. A small boat had been reported adrift, but a floating tree was all the life-boat found.- Rewards, £13 15s..
A Typhoon Aeroplane (1)
APRIL 28TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.
A Typhoon aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only wreckage and oil were found. - Rewards, £6 12s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (35)
OCTOBER 4TH. - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported to have crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £24 17s..
A Steamer (2)
NOVEMBER 22ND. - PORT ASKAIG, ARGYLLSHIRE.
A steamer had gone ashore, but her crew were rescued by breeches buoy from the shore. - Rewards, £15 7s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (44)
DECEMBER 21ST. - MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND.
An aeroplane had reported an object in the sea off Workington, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £20 5s. 6d..