LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Spitfire Aeroplane (2)
APRIL 14TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS ; THURSO, AND WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE.
A Spitfire aeroplane had been reported down in the Pentland Firth, but there was a dense fog and nothing could be found - Rewards : Longhope, £9 13s....
A Steamer (10)
MARCH 2ND. - HELVICK HEAD, CO.
WATERFORD. A survivor of a bombed steamer who had been landed by a trawler had reported that others were missing, but the life-boat found nothing. - Rewards, £15 18s..
None (22)
MARCH 1 6 T H . - BLACKPOOL, AND LYTHAM - ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but it was found later to be a false alarm. - Rewards, Blackpool, £11 6s. 9d. ; Lytham - St. Annes, £8 6s....
An Aeroplane (102)
JULY 10TH. - BEAUMARIS, ANGLESEY.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found, and thelife-boat was recalled by a patrol boat.- Rewards, £8 15s..
An Aeroplane (171)
NOVEMBER 7TH. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX.
A British aeroplane had been seen to crash into the sea, but a search, in which an Admiralty boat and aeroplanes took part, found nothing. - Rewards, £16 8s. 3d..
An Aeroplane (188)
DECEMBER 2 2ND. - KILMORE, AND ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD.
An aeroplane was reported to have crashed into the sea, and red and green flares could be seen apparently at sea level, but nothing was found. - Rewards :...
A Steamer (18)
MARCH 11TH. - SALCOMBE, AND TORBAY, DEVON. A steamer had sunk after being in collision, twenty miles south by east of Berry Head, but the survivors were rescued by another vessel. - Rewards : Salcombe, £15 9s. ; Torbay, £13 1s..<...
An R.A.F. Hawker Hurricane Aeroplane
MARCH 2 3RD. - DOVER, KENT. An R.A.F. Hawker Hurricane aeroplane had been reported down in the sea about five miles off Dover, but nothing could be found.
- Rewards, £14 2s. 6d..
A Vessel (14)
APRIL 3RD. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
A vessel had been reported to be on fire six miles N.N.E. of the Longstone Lighthouse, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £5 2s. 6d..
None (53)
MAY 28TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. A raft with people on board had been reported three miles south of the pier, but it was found to be a hatch with five gulls perched on it. - Rewards, £5 2s. 6d..