LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Fishing Boat (6)
JULY 18TH. - STROMNESS, ORKNEYS.
A fishing boat’s engine had broken down, but the boat was taken in tow by a naval patrol boat. - Rewards, £4 16s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (143)
SEPTEMBER 16TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. An aeroplane was heard to crash into the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £4 7s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (160)
OCTOBER 23RD. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
An aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea, but it was found later that it had landed safely. - Rewards, £12..
None (59)
NOVEMBER 14TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
Two red flares had been seen, but the life-boat found nothing. - Rewards, £2 17s..
An Aeroplane (184)
DECEMBER 12TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. An aeroplane, which had caught fire, was reported to have come down in the sea, but naval rescue boats had already gone to its help. - Rewards, £15 7s. 6d..
A British Spitfire Aeroplane
JANUARY 25TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
A British Spitfire aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £19 11s. 6d..
A Rubber Dinghy
APRIL 15TH. - HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE.
It had been reported that an R.A.F. pilot was in a rubber dinghy in the Dee Estuary, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £18 18s..
A Mustang Fighter Aeroplane (1)
FEBRUARY 9TH. - SELSEY, AND SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. A Mustang fighter aeroplane crashed into the sea, but only wreckage was found. - Rewards, Selsey, £9 7s. ; Shoreham Harbour, £6 11s..
An Aeroplane (9)
MARCH 6TH. - RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was - found. - Rewards, £34 18s..
A Walrus Seaplane
JUNE 8TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
A Walrus seaplane had crashed into the sea, but a patrol vessel rescued her crew. - Rewards, £5 2s..