Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 2.37 on the afternoon of the 8th of May, 1958, the Foreland coastguard told the honorary secretary that a Tiger Moth aircraft had crashed into the sea two miles south of the look-out. At 2.45 the life-boat Jesse Lumb was launched in a moderate sea. A gentle south- westerly wind was blowing, and it was high water. The life-boat made for the position and at 3.26 reported that some wreckage had been found. She re- covered a pilot's helmet and gave the coastguard detailed information about the nature of the wreckage found. At 5.21 the coastguard reported that an oily patch of water had been seen at Whitecliff Bay, and the life-boat was asked to search this area. She made a search but found only a piece of the aircraft's airscrew, which she picked up.

The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at 6.50. Rewards to the crew, £9. 12s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £3. 5s..