LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

NOVEMBER 5TH. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE.

A British aeroplane was reported to have crashed into the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £23 1s. 6d..

NOVEMBER 16TH. - RUNSWICK, SCARBOROUGH, AND WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.

A British bomber aeroplane had been reported down some miles out at sea, and later it was reported that another bomber was down, but nothing was found by the...

DECEMBER 20TH. - ARBROATH, ANGUS.

A pilot had baled out from a British aeroplane, but he was picked up by a naval vessel. - Rewards, £7 15s. 6d..

JANUARY 2 l ST. - FILEY, AND SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found except a big floating mine which was reported by the Scarborough life-boat. - Rewards : Filey, £11 12s.;...

JULY 3RD. - GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE.

At 7.15 P.M. a three-engined enemy bomber was attacked by British fighter aeroplanes, north-east of Gourdon. In a few minutes the bomber crashed into the sea.

A light...

AUGUST 23RD. - SWANAGE, DORSET.

A German aeroplane had been reported down in the sea and two men were said to have baled out from it, but nothing could be found of them. - Rewards, £6 12s..

AUGUST 27TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. A British bomber aeroplane had come down in the sea two miles south of Chichester Harbour, but nothing could be found except oil on the water. - Rewards, £15 10s. 6d..

OCTOBER 7TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT.

At 2.10 P.M. information was received by telephone that a fighter aeroplane had crashed in the sea. A few minutes later one of the life-boatmen reported that he could see a small object on...