AUGUST 27TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.

At about 4.30 P.M. the R.A.F., Chatham, reported an aircraft down in the sea seventeen miles north of Sheringham. A moderate N.N.E. wind was blowing, with a moderatesea. The No. 1 motor life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 4.40 P.M. She found some articles and gear belonging to the aeroplane, also a large patch of oil. When a R.A.F.

speed boat arrived with the news that the crew were safe on a patrol boat, the life-boat.

returned, arriving at 9 P . M . - Rewards, £13 6s. 6d..