AUGUST 5TH. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 11.10 A.M. information was received from the resident naval officer at Berwick that an aeroplane was down in the sea off Berwick high lighthouse.

She was an American Flying Fortress on passage from America. A strong E.S.E.

wind was blowing, with a confused cross sea, and visibility was poor. A second message from the R.N.O. cancelled the call for the lifeboat, but seeing the position of the aeroplane from the shore the honorary secretary decided to send out the motor life-boat J. and W. to help in the search for survivors, and she left at 11.50 A.M. She picked up a box, two flying jackets and some papers, but there was no sign of any of the crew, and the life-boat returned at 1.30 P.M. - Rewards, £4 4s..