Appledore, Devon.—At 11.58 in the morning of the 15th of July, 1948, an urgent message was received, through the coastguard, from H.M.S. Harrier, that the pilot of a Fleet Air Arm aero- plane had baled out five to fifteen miles north-west of Lundy Island. The motor life-boat The Brothers, on tem- porary duty at the station, was launched at 12:15, but was recalled shortly afterwards when it was learned that a Sea Otter aeroplane had landed on the sea and picked up the pilot. A strong north-westerly wind was blowing, the sea was rough and the Sea Otter- could not take off again. She started to taxi towards thfe* shore; escorted- by the destroyer Roebuck, and at 1.10 the life- boat was asked to get a doctor and go out to meet the Sea Otter. She and the destroyer were then five miles north of Lundy Light. The life-boat came up with them fourteen miles north- west of Fairway Buoy, and at the request of the destroyer's captain escorted the Sea Otter to Braunton Sands. She arrived back at her station at 4.40 in the afternoon. A message of thanks was received from St. Merryn Air Station.—Rewards, £13 8s..