AUGUST 17TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 4.45 P.M. the naval authorities asked that the life-boat should be launched, as a body had been seen floating in the Cudd Channel.

A moderate N.W. breeze was blowing, but the see was smooth. At 4.50 P.M. the motor lifeboat Prudential was launched and found the body of an airman floating amidst the wreckage of an aeroplane. A parachute fouled the life-boat’s propeller but her crew were able to clear it away. The body and wreckage were brought to Ramsgate, and the life-boat returned to her station at 6.45 P.M. - Rewards, £5 3s.