OCTOBER 11TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. At 11.29 in the morning the coastguard reported that an R.A.F. Mosquito aeroplane had crashed into the sea three miles north-east of Porthdinllaen Point. A light east-north-east wind was blowing, with a slight sea. The French motor life-boat Jean Charcot, on reserve duty at the station, was launched at 11.47. An air sea rescue boat was also out searching.

The life-boat found the wreckage of an aeroplane, and in it the body of an officer. She took it on board and continued the search, but found nothing more. She got back to her station at 1.30 that afternoon. - Rewards, £5 10s. 6d..