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An Aeroplane (132)

SEPTEMBER 2lST. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. At 6.10 A.M. a message was received from the naval signal station that an aeroplane had fallen into the sea near the north landing, and at 6.35 A.M. the motor life-boat Elizabeth and Albina Whitley was launched. A N.E. breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth. When about half a mile off shore the life-boat saw a rubber dinghy with men on board, but when she was still 50 yards from it an R.A.F. speed boat came up at great speed, passed the lifeboat and rescued the airmen. The life-boat, which was then two and a half miles north of Flamborough Head, cruised about and picked up three petrol tanks and the log of the aeroplane. She then returned to her station at 7.35 A.M. - Rewards, £8 12s..