LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (4)
JANUARY 4TH. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX A Spitfire aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but the life-boat was recalled as the airman had been drowned. - Rewards, £14..
A Seaplane
MAY 18TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. A seaplane had been reported to have crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £8 1s..
An Admiralty Motor Fishing Vessel
SEPTEMBER 23RD. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. A man had been washed overboard from an Admiralty motor fishing vessel, but the life-boat could not find him. His body came ashore later. - Rewards, £10 5s..
None (16)
MARCH 11TH. - CROMARTY. Signals, thought to come from a crashed aeroplane, had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £13 2s. 6d..
A Rubber Dinghy
MAY 3RD. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. Two boys in a rubber dinghy were missing, but they were picked up by an air-sea rescue launch. - Rewards, £17 8s..
A Canoe (3)
JUNE 2ND. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX. A canoe had capsized west of Shoreham, but one of the two men aboard reached the shore, and the other could not be found. - Rewards, £6 9s. 6d..
A Naval Trawler
JUNE 27TH. - SALCOMBE, DEVON. A naval trawler had been reported in difficulties south of Prawle Point, but she was not found as she had gone to Dartmouth. - Rewards, £3 19s. 6d..
A Steamer (11)
SEPTEMBER 3RD. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. A steamer had gone aground on the Mersey revetment, but refloated with the help of tugs. - Rewards, £6 18s..
A Yacht (13)
SEPTEMBER 20TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. A yacht had dragged her anchor and gone aground, but no lives were in danger. - Rewards, £17 13s. 3d..
A Barge (1)
NOVEMBER 12TH.. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A barge was seen, apparently in difficulties, but did not need help when the life-boat reached her. - Rewards, £7 13s..