LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (3)
MAY 21ST. - EXMOUTH, DEVON. An aeroplane had been reported in the sea near Budleigh Salterton, but no sign of oil or wreckage could be found. - Rewards, £16 13s. 9d..
A Motor Boat (6)
SEPTEMBER 15TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
A motor boat had struck a submerged rock and sunk, but the man on board swam ashore. - Rewards, £8 15s..
A Steamer (12)
SEPTEMBER 20TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. A steamer had made distress signals, but a tug went to her help. - Permanent paid crew. Rewards, 11s. 3d..
A Fishing Boat (19)
NOVEMBER 12TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
A fishing boat had broken adrift from a steamer which had her in tow, but the steamer recovered her. - Rewards, £6 10s..
An Aeroplane (18)
DECEMBER 27TH. - TORBAY, AND SALCOMBE, DEVON. An aeroplane had been reported crashed in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Torbay, £27 6s. ; Salcombe, £21 11s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (71)
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..
An Aeroplane (84)
NOVEMBER 6TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found.- Rewards, £12 12s..
An Aeroplane (2)
JANUARY 4TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported to have crashed into the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £11 6s. 9d.
A Beaufighter Aeroplane
FEBRUARY 9TH . - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
A Beaufighter aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £14 6s. 6d..
None (107)
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..