MRCC Yarmouth called Hunstanton Coastguard after a report of a red flare and a craft in difficulties off Heacham. They observed Hunstanton Lifeboat giving the boat a tow, and helped with the recovery. The well-equipped jet boat had apparently sucked a rope into both of its water intakes, stopping the engine.

MRCC Yarmouth paged Hunstanton Coastguard after a report of a car stuck on Brancaster beach. They found the beach road flooded, one vehicle stuck halfway along, and others stranded at the car park.

After assuring the people in the car park that they were safe, they checked on the occupants of the stuck car and arranged a recovery vehicle. By 20:50 the road was passable to four-wheel-drive vehicles and the recovery crew had arrived, so the Coastguards returned to base.

Two Hunstanton Coastguard team members drove to Holme beach following a report of an artillery shell. They located a large tank shell and returned with an RAF bomb disposal team, who blew it up.

At the end of a busy day, Hunstanton Coastguard was asked to report to Brancaster following a report that a person on a barge had been taken ill. Team members conned Hunstanton Lifeboat crew onto the casualty.

Scarcely had the Hunstanton Coastguard team returned to base after after dealing with the flare at Titchwell than MRCC Yarmouth called them to report another flare, this time at Holme. The RAF bomb disposal team was still in the area and the flare was quickly dealt with.

Hunstanton Coastguard met the RAF bomb disposal team and drove onto the beach via Brancaster golf club to locate the flare discovered the previous day. The RAF team decided to take the flare with them back to base.

MRCC Yarmouth called Hunstanton Coastguard after a military phosphorus flare was reported on the beach at Titchwell. Two team members located the flare around 500 m west of the boardwalk and roped off the area in preparation for a visit from the bomb disposal team the following day.

Hunstanton Coastguard was paged after a 35-year-old man fell and hit the back of his head on a groyne. The team found the casualty around 300 metres east of the golf club, and arranged a beach landing for the Air Ambulance. After the departure of the helicopter the casualty was treated by the local paramedic and then taken by his wife to the Queen Elizabeth hospital.

MRCC Yarmouth asked Hunstanton Coastguard to look for a woman reported missing from Peterborough. She was reported to have a beach hut at Old Hunstanton, and team members found her there in a distressed state. Police officers arrived later and took the casualty to King’s Lynn for treatment.

MRCC Yarmouth paged Hunstanton Coastguard after a military phosphorus flare was discovered on the beach around 200 m west of the bird reserve. After cordoning the area, the team returned to base. At 13:20 they returned to meet an RAF bomb disposal team, who blew the flare up. The job was finished by 15:15.

Hunstanton Coastguard attended after a small craft was seen drifting near the sailing club. The boat was identified as the club’s safety boat. An hour later the boat had beached itself, and Coastguards stood by while club members anchored it in preparation for recovery the next day.

Hunstanton Coastguard member and marine mammal specialist Kieran Copeland was asked by MRCC Yarmouth to investigate a dead porpoise by the pier.

Downham police again asked for help from Hunstanton and Sutton Bridge Coastguards to continue the search begun the day before. They searched both banks of the Ouse north from Downham bridge, and the area east of the river and Bedford Cut, between Downham and Denver Sluice. Nothing was found, and the Coastguard teams stood down at 16:30.

Hunstanton and Sutton Bridge Coastguard teams were called to help police after an 18-year-old man went missing near the River Ouse. They searched the river bank between Downham and Stowbridge, and at Denver Sluice, while RAF helicopter Rescue 128 searched from Ten Mile Bank to Wiggenhall. Nothing was found apart from a shoe believed to belong to the missing man. By 18:30 it was dark and the team stood down for the day.

Hunstanton Coastguard was paged by MRCC Yarmouth following a report from police that a man aged about 50 was missing in the Hunstanton area. Searching along the promenade and under the cliffs, team members spotted a body in the water around 200 m north of the end of the prom. They recovered the body from the water, checked for signs of life and informed the police. They then used the Coastguard stretcher to transport the body to the promenade where it was later picked up by an undertaker.