FEBRUARY 9TH. - KILLYBEGS, CO. DONEGAL. At 4.45 in the afternoon the military look-out post at Mullaghmore telephoned that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea one mile from the post, and that the airmen were taking to their dinghy. A southwest gale was blowing, with rough seas and showers of sleet. The motor life-boat Queen Victoria was launched at 5.15 and reached the aeroplane at 6.50. She was still afloat, with seas washing over her. In a dinghy, half submerged, were four frozen and helpless airmen, and one of them, the pilot, badly injured.

With difficulty the life-boat took them on board and gave them first-aid. She learned from them that two men were missing, and the injured pilot was very anxious that a search be made. This the life-boat did, but without success, and when a rescue ship arrived the life-boat decided to return to her station as the rescued men were in need of further attention and were very sea-sick. She arrived at 8.45 and the airmen were at once taken charge of by the Red Cross. - Rewards, £13 2s. 6d.