Barry Dock, and The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 1.5 on the after- noon of the 12th of June, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretaries at Barry Dock and The Mumbles that a request had been received from the Sea Rescue Co- ordination Centre for the help of both life-boats in searching for a Vampire aircraft which had crashed into the sea in the eastern Bristol Channel. The life-boats Rachel and Mary Evans and William Gammon—Manchester and District XXX were launched at 1.25 in a slight sea. There was a light to moderate westerly wind and the tide was ebbing. A helicopter from the R.A.F. station at Chivenor and a Shackleton from St. Mawgan also joined in the search which was hampered by fog, visibility being reduced to two hundred yards. Wreckage was sighted off the Scarborough buoy two miles from Porthcawl, and both life-boats altered course for this position. The sand dredger Glen Spray was alongside the wreckage when the life-boats arrived at the scene, and some of the wreckage was recovered by the Barry Dock life- boat. Other reports of wreckage were investigated, but without success, and both life-boats returned to their stations, Barry Dock life-boat arriving at 9.40 and The Mumbles life-boat at eight o'clock. A letter of thanks was received from the officer commanding the R.A.F. station at Benson in Oxfordshire. Rewards to the crew : Barry Dock, £15 Is. ; The Mumbles, £12 10s. Rewards to the helpers on shore : Barry Dock, £3 ; The Mumbles, £7 4s..