Halifax (DJ994) ditched 40 miles from Portugal
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 16-08-1943 In the sea 40 miles of Portugal RAF 295 Sqn Handley Page Halifax DJ994 Portreath (GB) → Sale (Norte de Àfrica) Sgt Manassah Cox … Read more
Bad weather forced Wellington (X3211) down
. Photographs of the crashed plane near the mouth of the Neiva River. (Revista “Vida Mundial Ilustrada”, 26/06/1941) Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 20-06-1941 Viana do Castelo RAF OADU Vickers Wellington IC X3211 Hampstead Norris (GB) → Gibraltar … Read more
Whitley (Z9291) hit by own bombs crashes near Faro
. . . Leslie Alec Hayward in his sergeant’s uniform. When he disappeared in 1944 he was already an officer. (Picture: Leslie Hayward Family) Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 16-06-1942 Santa Maria island, Faro RAF 58 Sqn … Read more
Beaufort (AW303) ditched near Ericiera
. . News published in the newspaper Diário de Lisboa on the day the aircraft ditched. Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 16-06-1942 Ericeira (in the sea) RAF 217 Sqn Bristol Beaufort AW303 Portreath (GB) → Médio Oriente … Read more
Beaufort (JM513) landed on the Foz do Arelho beach
. . Beaufort’s photographs taken in April 1944. (photos provided by Vasco Calixto) Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 24-11-1943 Ochã – Foz do Arelho – Leiria RAF 1OADU Bristol Beaufort IA JM513 Portreath (GB) → … Read more
Blenheim (BB101) made an emergency landing in Vila Nova de Milfontes
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 26-02-1943 Vila Nova de Milfontes, Odemira RAF 44Group Bristol Blenheim V BB101 Cornwall (GB) → Gibraltar Sgt Rupert Jackson Walters GB Sgt Robert Brown … Read more
Wellington (HZ255) landed in Sagres
. . The Wellington’s crew in Sagres. From left to right: Harry Heaps, W. Mclhinney, W. Buddle, Reg France e G. Hutchison (Picture Nuno Silva) Date … Read more
Wellington (Z8780) exploded over the sea near Esposende
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 13-07-1941 Esposende (no mar/on the sea) RAF OADU Vickers Wellington IC Z8780 Portreath (GB) → Gibraltar Sgt. William Bernard Oakes GB † Sgt. Henry Gerald Peel … Read more