AEROPLANES IN COLLISION Padstow, Cornwall.—At 12.55 in the afternoon of the llth of June, 1947, the St. Merryn Royal Naval Air Station reported that two aeroplanes had collided in mid-air off Holywell Bay and asked the life-boat to help in a search for survivors. The motor life-boat Princess Mary was launched at 1.10 in a moder- ate south-easterly breeze and slight sea.

She made a wide search, guided by an aeroplane, but found nothing except a petrol tank and propeller blade, and returned to her station at 6.30 in the evening.—Rewards, £5 13s. A letter of thanks was received from the Royal Naval Air Station..