Date
Location
Force
Aircraft
From-To
Crew
20-06-1941
Viana do Castelo or Póvoa do Varzim
RAF OADU
Vickers Wellington IC X3211
Hampstead Norris (GB) → Gibraltar
Sgt P. F. Bold GB
F/O J. D. Hall GB
Sgt J. C. Sheridan Canada
Sgt R. H. Toshack Canada
Sgt W. J. Poole GB
Sgt C. G. Peak GB
Landed because of bad weather. They had communication failures and also problems with the compass. After many maneuvers trying to find the way they had to land because of fuel shortage. Toshack, Bold, Sheridan and Poole disappeared on August 23, 1941 when flying with 38 Squadron and are remembered in the Malta Memorial.
Resources:
* "Royal Air Forces Bomber Losses in the Middle East and Mediterranean"- David Gunby & Pelham Temple
* Evade & Escape Report - National Archives London Kew
* "The Winnipeg Evening Tribune" trough Manitobia.ca
* Commonwealth War Graves Commission
