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An Aeroplane (185)
NOVEMBER 25TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE. A British bomber had crashed, her crew of four had come down by parachutes, and one of them was believed to have dropped in the sea, but it was found later that he, like the others, had come...
An Aeroplane (74)
AUGUST 9TH. - DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN. Owing to its engine failing, a R.A.F. Spitfire aeroplane crashed into the sea, but a naval vessel picked up the body of the pilot. - Rewards, £4 10s. 6d.
A Fine Service By the Broughty Ferry Motor Life-Boat
A VEKY fine service was performed by the Broughty Ferry Motor Life-boat on the llth April, 1919, when she rescued six pilots from the pilot cutter Day Dream, of Dundee. Just before one in the morning the news was received that a ship had run...
Category: Services
An Enemy Submarine
MARCH 20TH. - PORT ASKAIG, ARGYLLSHIRE.
About 7.30 in the morning a telephone message was received from Kilchoman coastguard that a vessel was ashore about half a mile north of Coull Point, Islay. A strong north-west wind...
An Aeroplane (26)
JULY 29TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At 8.32 in the morning the Cromer coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed in flames four miles south-east-by-east of Cromer. A light southerly wind was blowing, with a smooth sea. The No. 1 motor...
An Aeroplane (7)
APRIL 7TH. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 6.25 A.M. the coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea three miles south of Blyth. A light S.W.
breeze was blowing with a choppy sea. The motor...
An Aeroplane (65)
AUGUST 19TH. - ALDEBURGH,. SUFFOLK.
During the evening a British pilot was seen to bale out from his aeroplane some three miles south of Orfordness. A N.W.breeze was blowing, with a heavy swell. The No. 2 motor life-boat...
An Aeroplane (120)
SEPTEMBER 28TH. - BEMBRIDGE ISLE OF WIGHT. The life-boat, crew had assembled for an exercise, but this was cancelled when the air raid siren sounded. Before the men left the station they saw a British aeroplane come down in the sea two miles...
An Admiralty Trawler
NOVEMBER 24TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
At about 6 P.M. the coxswain was told by the resident naval officer that the life-boat might be required. A moderate northerly wind was blowing, with a ground swell. The crew stood by, and...
High Seas...
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