NO ONE FOUND At 10.1 a.m. on 26th November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a naval aircraft had crashed in Lyme bay and asked the life-boat to search for survivors. The sea was choppy with a gentle south-westerly breeze. At 10.20, one hour before high water, the life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott, on temporary duty at the station, put to sea and searched the area for several hours.

A helicopter and other aircraft assisted and the Weymouth life-boat also launched but no trace of survivors was found. At 5.50 p.m. the life-boat returned to her station..