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An Aeroplane (33)
SEPTEMBER 5TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
An aeroplane had crashed into the sea. but the airman’s body was picked up by a fishing boat. - Rewards. £5 12s. 6d.
(See Margate, “’ Services by Shore-boats,” page...
A Vessel (3)
DECEMBER 3RD. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
A vessel had been reported sunk in collision, but a search in the darkness was without result. Picking up a wireless message that some survivors had been rescued the life-boat...
An Aeroplane (32)
AUGUST 8TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but a search, in which R.A.F. boats and aeroplanes also took part, was without result, and it was thought that the aeroplane had exploded high up and had been...
An Aeroplane (31)
MARCH 7TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
A British Anson aeroplane had crashed at sea, and a destroyer picked up one survivor, but nothing was found of the other three members of the crew.- Rewards, £6 14s....
An Aeroplane (40)
MARCH 27TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
The R.A.F. reported that a pilot had been forced to bale out, but a few minutes after putting out the life-boat received a wireless message “No one in parachute. Return to your station “. -...
An Aeroplane (36)
MARCH 13TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
A British bombing aeroplane had crashed, but nothing was found, and the coastguard reported that the crew baled out and all were safe. - Rewards, £15 9s..
A Steamer (36)
OCTOBER 2ND. - FENIT, CO. KERRY.
A steamer had been bombed and set on fire by a German aeroplane, but the Irish patrol steamer Fort Rannock rescued the crew.- Rewards, £17 0s. 3d..
'Grave and imminent danger'
A volunteer helmsman who helped to rescue two men aboard a grounded boat that was pounded by breaking waves is to receive an RNLI award for gallantry. Anstruther Helmsman Barry Gourlay will be presented with a Bronze Medal and Crew Members...
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AGM (IN POOLE, DUBLIN, LONDON OR PERTH) Would you like to come along to the RNLI Annual General Meeting? This year, as reported in previous editions of the magazine, it’s in a new venue. Our AGM has been held at the Barbican in London for...
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An Aeroplane (173)
NOVEMBER 15TH . - RHYL, FLINT - SHIRE, AND HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE.
A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the life-boats found nothing, and it was learned later that no aeroplane was missing. - Rewards :...