St. David's, Pembrokeshire.—At ten o'clock on the morning of the 16th of March, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that the Royal Naval Air Station at Brawdy had reported that a Sea Balliol aircraft had crashed into the sea two miles north-north-east of St. David's Head. At 10.20 the life- boat Cunard, on temporary duty at the station, was launched. The sea was rough, there was a strong south-south- east breeze, and the tide was ebbing.

The life-boat made for the position, but before she reached it a helicopter picked up one man from the aircraft's dinghy. A Sunderland aircraft and the life-boat searched for the other airman, the pilot, but did not find him.

The life-boat picked up the dinghy and took it to her station, arriving at 1.15.—Rewards to the crew, £9; rewards to the helper on shore, £3 10s..