MARCH MEETING ROBIN HOOD'S BAY, YORKSHIRE. At noon on the 6th of September, 1942, the Scarborough motor fishing coble Florence was fishing in Robin Hood’s Bay. The weather was line, with a light westerly wind and a smooth sea. The coble was manned by two men. They saw a German aeroplane crash and the pilot bale out. Cutting away their gear they went at once to the spot, rescued him and took him to Scarborough. - Rewards, £5 for loss of fishing and gear and for fuel used.

WALLS, SHETLANDS. On the night of the 8th of November, 1942, a R.A.F. Wellington bomber crashed into the sea off Vaila, Shetlands.

A moderate west-south-west gale was blowing, with a heavy sea and rain. At Walls four men manned a motor boat and put out, but they only found pieces of wreckage. The Aith motor life-boat was also launched, but found nothing. Of the six airmen on the bomber, four drifted ashore, in the darkness, in their dinghy, one went down with the aeroplane and the sixth was washed ashore dead. - Rewards, £6, and 5s.

for fuel used.

(See Aith, “Accounts of Services by Lifeboats,” 1942, page 52.)

FILEY, YORKSHIRE. About 5 in the afternoon of the 11th of December, 1942, the bowman of the life-boat saw a Halifax bomber crash into the sea, some three miles south-east from the Filey coastguard lookout.

The weather was fine, with a slight sea and a light westerly wind. The bowman is the owner of two motor cobles, Jean and Barbara and Matthew and Edward, and he sent them out at once, manned by thirteen men. After a search in the darkness the Jean and Barbara found eight airmen in their dinghy. It had then drifted a mile from where the aeroplane had crashed. She rescued them and brought them ashore. The other coble brought in the dinghy. The Filey motor life-boat was also launched but her services were not needed. The thirteen rescuers would not accept any payment “ forsaving men who were fighting for their country.“ - Rewards. Letters of thanks to Messrs. T. Jenkinson and G. Mainprize.

(See Filey, “ Accounts of Services by Lifeboats, ” 1942, page 58.).