LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
None (11)
MARCH 27TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
A vessel had been reported on fire, but nothing could be found, and it was learned later there had been a small moorland fire on the Sutherland coast across the Moray Firth.- Rewards, £...
A British Wellington Aeroplane
MARCH 28TH. - CROMARTY. A British Wellington aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but nothing was found by the life-boat.
Other boats picked up one survivor and two bodies. - Rewards, £4 5s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (6)
MARCH 29TH. - CRESSWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND.
An aeroplane, believed to be a German Heinkel bomber, had come down into the sea three-quarters of a mile east of the life-boat station, but nothing could be found. - Rewards,...
Aircraft
AP R I L 1 5 T H . - RAMSGATE, KENT.
Aircraft had been reported down in the sea about thirty miles east of Ramsgate, but the life-boat was recalled by other aircraft which had already made a search. - Rewards, £7 16s....
A Steamer (26)
MAY 10TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
A steamer had struck a mine, but the eight survivors of her crew of fourteen were landed by two boats which had put out from Withernsea. - Paid permanent crew..
Aircraft (1)
JULY 12TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
Aircraft had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found and no one could have lived in the rough sea. - Rewards, £13 2s. 6d..
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 (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..