Relief Arun: (Left) Miss C. G. Uridge, who named the 52ft Arun relief lifeboat RNLB A. J. R. and L. G. Uridge in memory of her father and brother, receives a bouquet from Alison Ashdown, daughter of Crew Member Brian Ashdown, and . .... - View image in PDF
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Station celebrations - (above) Hastings lifeboat crew members break out the 175 flag. Shown left to right: Timmy White, Coxswain Charlie Sharrod, Martin Phillips, Mechanic James Turreff, Trevor Piper and Sloane... - View image in PDF
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Coxswain Fred Walkington (centre) with four of the crew who were out on August I I : (I to r) Rowland Stork, Paul Staveley, Second Coxswain Anthony Avre and Assistant Mechanic Brian Cundall. ohotoeranh hv courtesv of Yorkshire Pmi. - View image in PDF
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DECEMBER 5TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
An aeroplane was reported to have come down on a sandbank in the Lynn Channel, but nothing could be found.
- Rewards, £15..
AUGUST 26TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE, AND PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A British Wellington bombing aeroplane had come down in the sea, but an R.A.F. launch rescued her seven men from a rubber dinghy. - Rewards : Barmouth,...
APRIL 1ST. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A small yacht, with three men on board, was in distress in a gale, but the men were rescued by a fishing smack. - Rewards, £8 9s.
(See Sheerness, “ Services by Shore-boats,”...
AUGUST 31ST. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX. Bombing aeroplanes had collidedin mid-air, but nothing was found by the lifeboat.
A rescue boat rescued one airman and picked up some bodies. - Rewards, £14 1s. 3d..
FEBRUARY 10TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
Two aeroplanes, a bomber and a fighter, had collided, and some airmen who had baled out came down on land, but no one was found in the sea. - Rewards, £10 19s..
JULY 4TH . - ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE.
An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but her crew were rescued by another boat. - Rewards, £5 19s.
(See Crail, “Services by Shore-boats,” page 99.).