Dover, Kent.—At 7.15 P.M. on the 14th May, 1938, a man reported that he had seen an aeroplane come down in the sea about six miles S.E. of South Foreland.

A gentle S.S.W. breeze wasblowing, with a calm sea. The motor life-boat Sir William Hillary put out at 7.28 P.M. and found that aircraft G-ADJM had been taken in tow by a steamer. She had been bound from Dunkirk to Lympne with two men on board, but had been forced down owing to the failure of her engine.

The life-boat escorted the steamer to Dover harbour, where she took over the tow and took the aircraft into safety. She landed the two men and returned to her station at 10 P.M.— Partly permanent paid crew. Rewards, £6 5s..