LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (191)
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..
An Aeroplane (195)
DECEMBER 12TH. - WESTON - SUPER - MARE, SOMERSET. An aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea, but nothing could be found, and later it was learned that it had crashed on the shore.- Rewards, £12 1s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (7)
JANUARY 7TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
At the request of the naval authorities the life-boat went to a spot where a Coastal Command aeroplane was reported to be circling over either an aeroplane or bodies in the sea, but she...
An Aeroplane (35)
SEPTEMBER 19TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. An aeroplane had crashed into the sea, and a ship which had been seen to stop and put out a small boat was believed to have saved the pilot, but no trace of the observer could be found. -...
An Aeroplane (6)
MARCH 29TH. - CRESSWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND.
An aeroplane, believed to be a German Heinkel bomber, had come down into the sea three-quarters of a mile east of the life-boat station, but nothing could be found. - Rewards,...
An Aeroplane (82)
AUGUST 11TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA (AT BRIGHTLINGSEA*), ESSEX. Information had been received that an airman was in the sea, and the life-boat, working from Brightlingsea as a war measure, put out, but she found nothing, - Rewards, £6 3s....
An Aeroplane (106)
AUGUST 26TH. CROMER, NORFOLK.
An aeroplane had come down in the sea about 18 miles from Cromer, but the crew were picked up by other vessels. - Rewards, £6 1s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (122)
SEPTEMBER 2ND. - MARGATE, KENT.
During an air raid a German aeroplane had been seen to crash into the sea four or five miles N. by W. of the station, but nothing except a patch of oil could be found.
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An Aeroplane (60)
JULY 3RD. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
An aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but her crew of seven, who had taken to their dinghy, were picked up by a fishing boat.- Rewards, £5 10s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (36)
DECEMBER 12TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.
A lady passenger on a tram asked the driver to report that she had seen an aeroplane crash in the sea, but the lifeboat found nothing. - Rewards, £13 13s. 6d..