AUGUST 28TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. A British bombing aeroplane had come down in the sea about 11.30 in the morning, off Rhosneigr, Anglesey, twenty miles away on the other side of Caernarvon Bay, and at 12.36 P.M.

a message was received from the naval officer at Holyhead asking that the life-boat should be sent at once to the rescue. The motor life-boat M.O.Y.E. was launched at 12.48 and arrived off Rhosneigr at about 2.30. A moderate gale was blowing and the sea was rough. It was now three hours since the bomber had come down, and in the meantime very gallant efforts to rescue the aeroplane’s crew of three men had been made from the shore. All the attempts were unsuccessful, and eleven of the rescuers, as well as the three airmen, had been drowned. When the lifeboat arrived there was nothing to be seen except two aeroplanes overhead, and the life-boat searched for nearly an hour, but found nothing. She then returned to her station, arriving at seven in the evening.- Rewards, £4 12s.

(See Rhosneigr, “ Services by Shoreboats,” 1942, page 60.).