NOVEMBER 30TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.

During the afternoon several Spitfire aeroplanes were flying near Barmouth, and at 3.40 P.M. the life-boat coxswain saw one of them dive into the sea.

Twenty minutes later the motor life-boat Lawrence Ardern, Stockport was launched.

A moderate east wind was blowing, but the sea was calm. A mile and a half N.W. of Fairbourne beach the life-boat found a large patch of oil, a pilot’s seat, a pair of high boots, an oxygen cylinder, an arm rest and other bits of wreckage. These she brought ashore and handed to the police, to be given later to the R.A.F. She returned to her station at 8.30 P.M. - Rewards, £12 5s. 3d..