SEPTEMBER 30TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX.

At 4.19 P.M. the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane - probably German - was down in the sea to the S.W. of Selsey Bill. A N.E.

breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched at 4.30 P.M., and found that a seaplane had a l r e a d y l a n d e d o n t h e w a t e r n e a r t h e wrecked plane. The life-boat found a dead airman. As the seaplane now took off again and had probably picked up any survivors, the lifeboat returned to her station, where she arrived at 6 P.M. and handed over the body to the police. - Rewards, £6 3s. 6d.

The following life-boats were launched but no services were rendered for the reasons given :.