[paulmcmillan]

UPDATE - Their is a reference in the RNLI Archives to other incidents
on July 19th 1940

JULY 19TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR,
SUSSEX. A R.A.F. aeroplane had come
down off Littlehampton, but the life-boat
was recalled as the pilot had got ashore
without help. - Rewards, £7 15s. 6d.

Can this airman be identified and I wonder if this is where Patrick Bishop gets the July 19th date from ?


Other incidents from this time period

JULY 20 T H . - MARGATE, KENT. An
airman was reported to have come down by
parachute in the sea off Kingsgate, but
nothing could be found. - Rewards, £14 3s. 6d.


JULY 20 TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. A
£29 3s. 6d. ; Peel, £22 14s.
British aeroplane had been reported down
in the sea fifteen miles south of Bognor, but
nothing was found. - Rewards, £15 10s. 6d.