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FEBRUARY 17TH. - SHERINGHAM, AND WELLS, NORFOLK. Three airmen had baled out of an American Liberator aeroplane which later crashed on fire. The Wells lifeboat searched in the morning but found nothing, and after a parachute had been reported in the sea later in the day both lifeboats went out but found nothing. One airman got ashore alive and the body of another was found on the sands by the coastguard.- Rewards : Sheringham, £29 1s. ; Wells, £12 11s. 9d. and £26 2s. 6d..