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An Aeroplane (44)

APRIL 10TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 5.34 P.M. the Margate coastguard telephoned that an unidentified aeroplane had made a forced landing on Margate Sands some three miles from the shore, and the motor life-boat The Lord Southborough (Civil Service No. 1) was launched at 5.45 P.M., taking with her a small dinghy, lashed to the after air box. A moderate N.E. wind was blowing, with a smooth sea. The life-boat found that the aeroplane was a Blenheim bomber. In the shallow water on the sands, the life-boat herself could not get within a quarter of a mile, but the crew of three airmen were rescued with the dinghy, and much valuable gear was salved before failing light compelledthe life-boat to return to her station, which was reached at 7.45 P.M. - Rewards, £8 11s..