Date

Location

Force

Aircraft

From-To

Crew

23-11-1941

Lisbon - Portela Airport

RAF    OADU

Vickers Wellington II   Z8432

Portreath (GB) → Gibraltar

Sgt      H. B. Newton             NZ

Sgt      A. Bain                       GB

Sgt      J. W. McCorme          GB

Sgt      S. H. Moore                GB

Sgt      C. G. Thompson        Australia

Sgt      D. M. Watts                 Australia 

One of the engines stopped and they had to land in the Portela Airport, in Lisbon, that was still under construction. the crew set the aircraft on fire. They where repatriated 3 weeks latter. Watts was declared missing on August 12, 1942.

Resources:
* Evade & Escape Report - National Archives /London Kew
* "Royal Air Forces Bomber Losses in the Middle East and Mediterranean" - David Gunby & Pelham Temple
* Australian National Archives – personal file D. M. Watts