Dover, Kent.—At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 30th of November, 1952, the Sandgate coastguard tele- phoned that an American jet aircraft had crashed off Kingsdown, about one and a half miles east-north-east of Dover, and that the pilot had baled out off Leathercoat Point, St. Mar- garet's Bay. At 3.15 the life-boat Southern Africa left her moorings in a strong north-easterly breeze, with a rough sea. A Norwegian tanker had already picked up the airman, and a doctor flew to the ship by helicopter from Manston. A life-boatman gave his overcoat to keep the airman warm, and the life-boat took him and the doctor on board. She then wirelessed for an ambulance to meet her and landed the airman and the doctor at Dover eastern harbour arm at five o'clock. The Walmer life-boat was also launched, but was not needed.— Rewards, £9..