[3] On 2 August three motorboats from Jersey returned with wreckage including wood, cushions and fabric which was identified as coming from the Cloud of Iona.

Wreckage verified as part of the flying-boat has been found near the Minquiers Rocks, which indicates that the disaster took place between that position and Jersey.

[3]Two passengers on the Great Western Railway mailboat St Helier reported seeing an aircraft in the sea about half a mile away from the ship.

[3] On 3 August it was reported that an 18 ft long wing section had been found near Minquiers Reef and a float had washed up on a French beach at Annonville.

[7] The aircraft involved was a twin-engined Saro Cloud flying boat built in 1932 and registered as G-ABXW.

[8] It was original operated by British Flying Boats Limited who named it the Cloud of Iona, before it was sold to Guernsey Airways in September 1934.