AUGUST 11TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 5.45 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane was down half a mile from the coastguard station, and that the crew had baled out. She was a Halifax.

Twenty-five minutes later, authority to launch the life-boat to search for men was received, and the motor life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched at 6.18 A.M. A moderate westerly wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. Other boats and aeroplanes took part in the search, and five of the crew were picked up by a rescue launch. The life-boat picked up two parachutes and returned to her station at 11.50 A.M. - Rewards, £5 11s..