LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (90)
AUGUST 15TH. - AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND.
A German bomber had come down and the crew of five had taken to their rubber boat, but they were picked up by a fishing boat. - Rewards, £4 7s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (105)
AUGUST 25TH. -WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
Many German aircraft had been brought down in a terrific fight in the Weymouth and Portland areas, but although the sea was strewn with wreckage nothing worth rescuing was found. - Rewards,...
An Aeroplane (167)
NOVEMBER 1 8TH. - PORTRUSH, CO.
ANTRIM. At 6.45 A.M. information was received through the military authorities that a bombing aeroplane had come down in the sea off Castlerock and that two of the crew of six were believed...
An Aeroplane (183)
NOVEMBER 17TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. A German aeroplane had been reported down in the sea five miles south of Brighton, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £11 13s. 3d..
An Aeroplane (8)
FEBRUARY 3RD. - LYTHAM - ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A British aeroplane had been reported down, but later it was found that no aircraft was missing and the life-boat was recalled. A letter of thanks was received from the R.A.F. Station. -...
An Aeroplane (21)
FEBRUARY 28TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. A bomber aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but another message came that she “ had been accounted for “, and the life-boat was recalled. - Paid permanent crew.
An Aeroplane (14)
FEBRUARY 12TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £25 15s. 3d.
An Aeroplane (190)
DECEMBER 3RD. - CROMARTY. A British aeroplane had come down in the sea near Nairn Harbour, but the crew swam ashore before the life-boat arrived. - Rewards, £13 2s. 6d.
An Aeroplane (94)
JULY 26TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but only a patch of oil was found.
- Rewards, £20 18s. 9d..
An Aeroplane (56)
JUNE 17TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE. A trawler ashore on the Mull of Kintyre had been reported by coastguards on the Irish coast, but it was found that, she was a trawler which had been ashore since January, and owing to the extra -...