OCTOBER 2lST. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.

At 5.54 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard at Skeldon Hill that an aeroplane had come down in the sea offBlakeney Point. A light west breeze was blowing ; the sea was smooth ; there was a thick mist. At 6.20 A.M. the motor life-boat Foresters Centenary was launched and found five men in a rubber boat. They were the crew of a British bomber, and were uninjured, although very wet. They were taken on board the life-boat, and given brandy and chocolate. They were landed at 9.30 A.M.

and were given baths and dry clothing by the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society. They were then given a meal and rested at the house of the local honorary secretary of the life-boat, station. Mr. H. R. Johnson, until a tender from their aerodrome at Lynton-on- Ouse called for them. - Rewards, £24 1s. 9d..