AUGUST 1ST. - ABERYSTWYTH , CARDIGANSHIRE. At 6.30 A.M. the coastguard reported Very’s lights several miles to the S.W. by W. An easterly breeze was blowing, with a smooth sea. Police helped in getting the life-boat crew assembled, and with the help of soldiers the motor life-boat Frederick Angus was launched at 7.20 A.M. Before the life-boat got away it was learned that an aeroplane - a Hampden bomber - was down. Aeroplanes and motor boats from Aberystwyth and New Quay took part in the search. The life-boat picked up one body and returned ashore at 12.15 P.M. Two of the aeroplane’s crew were rescued by another boat. Two had lost their lives. - Rewards, £9 3s.

(See Aberystwyth and New Quay, “Services by Shore-boats”, pages 148 and 147.).