NOVEMBER 13TH. - ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. At about 7 P.M. a local fisherman reported to the pier watchman that R.A.F. rescue boat No. 244, with a crew of four, had fouled the nets of a fishing boat off Lee Bay.

Information was at once given to the lifeboat station, and on learning that the other R.A.F. boat stationed at Ilfracombe was not available the honorary secretary sent out the motor life-boat Rosabella. She left at 7 P.M. A slight westerly wind was blowing and the sea was smooth. The lifeboat found the rescue boat off Capstone Point, drifting up channel, with the fishing boat standing by. She towed her back to Ilfracombe, arriving at 8.15 P.M. - Rewards, £21 12s..