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An Aeroplane (69)
APRIL 29TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. A Hurricane fighter aeroplane had crashed at the mouth of the Hanford Water, but when she was found she was almost submerged and the pilot was dead. - Rewards, £4 6s..
An Aeroplane (91)
AUGUST 15TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. A British aeroplane had crashed, and the pilot had been seen descending by parachute, but although wreckage was found nothing more was seen of the man or parachute. - Rewards, £20 12s..
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AUGUST 19TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, AND HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE. An R.A.F. aeroplane had been reported down in the sea in the estuary of the River Dee, but nothing was found. - Rewards : New Brighton, £9 5s.; Hoylake, £17 10s..
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JULY 26TH. - CROMER. NORFOLK. An aeroplane had crashed on the Outer Bank, but the life-boat found that she had been smashed and there was nothing to be done.
- Rewards, £13 4s.
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APRIL 1 5TH. - DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only oil and wreckage were found.
Two bodies had already been picked up by a patrol vessel. - Rewards, £4 7s....
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SEPTEMBER 20TH. - HOLYHEAD , ANGLESEY, AND PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. An R.A.F. Anson trainer aeroplane had come down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Holyhead, £5 ; Porthdinllaen, £13 6s.
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An Aeroplane (1)
Dover, Kent.—16th February. An aeroplane had been reported to have dived into the sea, but it had come down to within a few feet of the sea and had then flown away.—Partly permanent paid crew: Rewards, £l 18s..
An Aeroplane (1)
FEB. 16TH. - DOVER, KENT. An aeroplane had been reported to have dived into the sea, but it had come down to within a few feet of the sea and had then flown away.- Partly permanent paid crew : Rewards, £1 18s..
An Aeroplane (83)
MAY 13TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY, AND PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A pilot was reported to have baled out from a British aeroplane about eleven miles in a north-westerly direction from Porthdinllaen Point, but nothing was...
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OCTOBER 14TH. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.
An aeroplane was reported to have crashed into the sea between Ailsa Craig and Bennane Head, but no trace of it could be found.- Rewards, £15 9s..