JUNE 25TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 2.25 A.M. the coastguard reported that a British bomber was believed to be down several miles to the eastward, and the motor life-boat J. B. Proudfoot, on temporary duty at this station, was launched at 3.15 A.M. A light S.E. wind was blowing and the sea was smooth. Two miles S.S.E. of Holland Look-out she found a Polish pilot swimming, and afterwards picked up the bomber’s dinghy, empty. As the pilot was unhurt, she continued her search for the other airmen, but without success. She returned to her station at 5.25 A.M., landed the pilot, put to sea again, and searched until 8.25 A.M. - Rewards, £13 2s. 6d..