JANUARY 9TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea off Dunwich, but the lifeboat was recalled as a Southwold motor boat had gone to the rescue. - Rewards, £20 4s. 6d..
JULY 13TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea twenty-five miles E.N.E. of Cromer, but the crew of three were picked up by a patrol vessel-Rewards, £13 6s. 6d..
APRIL 13TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported down, but a high-speed launch from Fleetwood picked up the five survivors. - Rewards, £13 19s. (See Millom, “Services of Auxiliary Rescue-boats,” page 66...
APRIL 18TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.
An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but her crew of two were lost and a fishing boat picked up their dinghy.- Rewards, £4 13s..
NOVEMBER 28TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the Sea, but the life-boat was recalled by wireless, as the wrong position had been given. - Rewards, £13 6s. 6d..
OCTOBER 25TH. - PORT ASKAIG, HEBRIDES.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but, as there was no possibility of anyone surviving, the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £10 9s. 6d..
NOVEMBER 22ND. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE, AND PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE. An Admiralty minelayer had run aground, but her crew were saved from the shore by the coastguard life-saving apparatus. - Rewards, Barmouth, £8 6s. ; Pwllheli,...
New hand at the helm Andrew Freemantle, MBE has been appointed the new Director of the RNLI. He will succeed Lieutenant Commander Brian Miles, CBE, who retires at the end of the year after 34 years with the lifeboat...
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AUGUST 5TH. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 11.10 A.M. information was received from the resident naval officer at Berwick that an aeroplane was down in the sea off Berwick high lighthouse.
She was an American...