LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (35)
NOVEMBER 29TH. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT. An aeroplane had fallen in the sea, but the airmen had already reached safety in their rubber dinghy. - Rewards, £12 4s..
Services by Life-boats
Services by the Life-boats of the Institution, by Shore-boats and by Auxiliary Rescueboats during 1946 During the year life-boats were launched 631 times..
Category: Services
A Spitfire Aeroplane (6)
MAY 18TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. A British Spitfire aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but the pilot was picked up by a trawler. - Rewards, £8 16s..
None (38)
NOVEMBER 30TH. - WESTON - SUPERMARE, SOMERSET. A man had been reported to have dropped into the sea by parachute, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £10 13s..
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JULY 23RD. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. An aeroplane had been seen flying low near The Needles and then an explosion had been heard, but the aeroplane had crashed on land. - Rewards, £5 4s. 6d.
A British Fighter Aeroplane
JULY 15TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. An airman had baled out from a British fighter aeroplane, but he was picked up by a boat lowered from a steamer. - Rewards, £13 14s. 6d..
A R.N.A.S. Aeroplane
NOVEMBER 27TH . - ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE. A R.N.A.S. aeroplane had come down in the sea, but only wreckage was found, by another vessel taking part in the search. - Rewards, £18 19s. 6d..
NEW LIFEBOAT FUND EBOOK
APS Group (Scotland) Ltd has launched an eBook in aid of The Lifeboat Fund. The book commemorates the Eyemouth disaster that killed over 180 fishermen in 1881 – see: thelifeboatfund.publishingthefuture.info
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (70)
SEPTEMBER 5TH. - TOBEMORY, ARGYLLSHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported down off the Island of Tiree, but the life-boat only found the airman’s boot.- Rewards, £6 13s
An Aeroplane (70)
AUGUST 2ND. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. A British bomber had crashed to the east of Flamborough Head, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £12 13s. 6d..