LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (21)
FEBRUARY 24TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but no trace of it was found.
The life-boat saw a paravane and reported it to the coastguard. - Rewards, £19...
An Aeroplane (4)
JANUARY 25TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. Owing to bad weather conditions the life-boat put in at Great Yarmouth, and returned to her station on the 27th. -...
An Aeroplane (14)
APRIL 15TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found and later it was learned that the aeroplane had been taken in tow for Stornoway by a trawler.- Rewards, £4 19s...
An Aeroplane (188)
NOVEMBER 28TH. - ABERDEEN. An unknown aeroplane was reported to have come down six miles from Bridge of Don, but nothing was found. The next day the life-boat again searched for wreckage, but without result. - Rewards : £14 11s. 6d.,...
An Aeroplane (111)
JULY 31ST. - THE LIZARD, CORN-WALL. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but when the life-boat reached the position given she found naval boats searching, and after a time returned to her station. - Rewards, £14...
An Aeroplane (195)
DECEMBER 12TH. - WESTON - SUPER - MARE, SOMERSET. An aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea, but nothing could be found, and later it was learned that it had crashed on the shore.- Rewards, £12 1s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (82)
AUGUST 11TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA (AT BRIGHTLINGSEA*), ESSEX. Information had been received that an airman was in the sea, and the life-boat, working from Brightlingsea as a war measure, put out, but she found nothing, - Rewards, £6 3s....
An Aeroplane (2)
JANUARY 26TH. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
A message from the coastguard reported an aeroplane in the sea off Red Wharf, and the motor life-boat G.W. was launched at 1.30 P.M. The sea was moderate, with a moderate easterly wind....
An Aeroplane (52)
JUNE 4TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea and the life-boat and her motor boarding boat searched, but they found nothing, and later were recalled by wireless. - Rewards, £8 16s..
An Aeroplane (72)
SEPTEMBER 21ST. APPLEDORE, DEVON. An aeroplane was reported to have crashed eight miles north of Hartland Point, and at four in the afternoon the motor life-boat Violet Armstrong was launched. A squally N.W. by W. wind was blowing, with a...