SEPTEMBER 28TH. - BEMBRIDGE ISLE OF WIGHT. The life-boat, crew had assembled for an exercise, but this was cancelled when the air raid siren sounded. Before the men left the station they saw a British aeroplane come down in the sea two miles south of the boathouse, and launched the motor life-boat Jesse Lumb at 2.47 P.M. A northerly wind was blowing, with a slight sea.

The life-boat found the aeroplane and rescued the pilot from the wreckage. He was shaken, but uninjured. The life-boat brought him ashore and returned to her station at 4 P.M. - Rewards, £3 11s. 6d.