LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Bombing Aeroplane
MAY 12TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
A bombing aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only wreckage was found. - Rewards, £41 6s..
An Aeroplane (34)
OCTOBER 1ST. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £16 13s..
A Lancaster Aeroplane (2)
MARCH 22ND. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
A Lancaster aeroplane had crashed in the sea off Hunstanton, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £23 18s..
A Landing Craft (2)
DECEMBER 28TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
A landing craft had drifted ashore in shallow water, but the life-boat, which went alongside, found no one on board. - Rewards, £13 13s..
A Steam Trawler
NOVEMBER 14TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO.
CORK. A steam trawler had struck a mine and been wrecked, but the survivors were picked up by other trawlers. - Rewards, £15 12s..
None (23)
JULY 30TH. - HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE.
A red flare had been reported by a fisherman, but the life-boat could find nothing. - Rewards, £15 14s. 6d.
An Aeroplane (4)
JUNE 18TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but her crew of two were rescued by a motor vessel. - Rewards, £4 15s. 6d.
An Aeroplane (173)
NOVEMBER 7TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. An aeroplane had been reported in the sea off Frinton, but only oil patches could be found. - Rewards, £19 12s. 6d.
An Aeroplane (4)
FEBRUARY 3RD. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE. An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but a rowing boat from Colwyn Bay picked up two survivors.- Rewards, £29 1s. (See Colwyn Bay, “Services by Shore-boats,” page 55.).
A Boat from a Naval Drifter
DECEMBER 13TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET. A small boat from a naval drifter had been smashed on rocks, but the only man aboard got ashore without help.- Rewards, £6 13s.