LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (29)
MARCH 5TH. - FENIT, CO. KERRY. An aeroplane of unknown nationality had been reported down in the sea three miles south of Skelligs Rocks, but nothing was found except a rubber boat which was picked up by an Irish Lights vessel. - Rewards,...
An Aeroplane (37)
MARCH 26TH. - CLOVELLY, DEVON.
An aeroplane had been reported down S.W.
of Lundy Island, but nothing but quantities of oil was found. - Rewards, £25 8s..
An Aeroplane (119)
AUGUST 9TH. - BARROW, AND FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE. An aeroplane had come down in the sea off Walney Island, but no trace of her crew could be seen and it was learned later that her crew had been landed. - Rewards : Barrow, £10 12s. ;.<...
An Aeroplane (150)
SEPTEMBER 29TH. - NEWQUAY, AND ST. IVES, CORNWALL. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the life-boats were recalled at the request of the naval officer at Penzance. - Rewards : Newquay, £18 ; St. Ives, £25 1S...
An Aeroplane (28)
MARCH 2ND. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT. The R.A.F. reported that an aeroplane was down in the sea and that it was too rough for their speed boat, but the life-boat found nothing.
- Rewards, £18 18s..
An R.A.F. Aeroplane (4)
APRIL 14TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE, AND SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
An R.A.F. aeroplane had been reported down in the sea several miles off Mablethorpe, but nothing could be found.- Rewards : - Skegness, £8 1s. 6d. ; The...
An Aeroplane (52)
JULY 24TH. - RAMSGATE. KENT. It had been reported that a convoy had been attacked and that an aeroplane had come down, but though the life-boat found that a convoy had been bombed, she could not find any aeroplane. - Rewards, £5 3s..<...
An Aeroplane (89)
AUGUST 15TH. - NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.
An enemy aeroplane had been brought down, and a second had been seen to fall, but an Amble fishing boat rescued five Germans, and nothing else was found but three patches of oil. -...
An Aeroplane (103)
AUGUST 24TH. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY, AND LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
Reports had been received that an aeroplane was down in the sea several miles west of Great Orme’s Head, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Moelfre, £8 ...
An Aeroplane (157)
OCTOBER 13TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, AND HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE. A Blenheim aeroplane had been shot down in error by a British fighter, but a search, carried out during an air-raid. was without result.- Rewards : New Brighton, £19 6s. ; Hoylake,...