APRIL 29TH. - ILFRACOMBE, DEVON.

At 4.45 A.M. the naval officer in charge at Appledore reported that an aeroplane had crashed, and a quarter of an hour later he asked for the life-boat to be sent to help naval and R.A.F. boats searching for the crew of a Wellington bombing aeroplane which had crashed off Morte Point. The seawas calm with a light westerly wind. The motor life-boat Rosabella was launched at 4.50 A.M. and about 6 A.M. she saw wreckage of the aeroplane three miles N.W. of Morte Point. She picked up some of the wreckage and articles from the aeroplane, but found no survivors although she searched for several hours until the search was abandoned on instructions from the naval officer in charge. She returned to harbour at 10.55 A.M. - Rewards, £13 15s. 9d..