OCTOBER 29TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX.

During an air battle the coxswain saw a British aeroplane crash several miles W. by S. from Selsey Bill, and at 3 P.M. launched the motor life-boat Canadian Pacific. A moderate S.E. breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. Helped by an aeroplane the life-boat searched until 5 P.M., when the aeroplane spotted the airman in the water and directed the life-boat to him. He was picked up unconscious, and all efforts to revive him failed. The life-boat returned to her station at 6.15 P.M. - Rewards, £14 0S. 6d..