Ship: Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (USA) Birth place – Alcobaça (?) Birth date – Death date – Father – Mother – António Pereira Balbino, cook on board of the American “Liberty Ship” Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, was one of the fatalities … Read more
Civilian living in France Birth place – Colomeses (?) Birth date – 12/01/1894 Death date – 09/08/1944 Father – Manuel (?) Mother – Maria Rosa António Manuel was one of the seventeen civilian victims of a massacre carried out by German … Read more
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 30-05-1942 Vila do Conde (in the sea) RAF 1 OADU Vickers Wellington IC HX390 Portreath (GB) → Egipto P/O J. P. Anstey … Read more
Civilian living en France Birth place – Braga Birth date – 30/08/1898 Death date – 30/05/1944 Father – Mother – António Gomes was one of the civilian victims of a cycle of Allied bombings over the Rouen area, in … Read more
Crew member of the Longtaker (Panama) Birth place – Santo André de Canidelo (Vila Nova de Gaia) Birth date – Death date – Father – António Joaquim Correia Mother – João de Oliveira Correia was one of three survivors … Read more
Albufeira (Portugal) Captain: Quirino Luiz de Carvalho Type: High Seas Fishing Boat Tonnage: 314,59 GB Owner: Companhia Portuguesa de Pesca Homeport: Lisbon Built: England (1916) On May 4, 1943, at 11 pm, the crew of the Portuguese fishing steamer Albufeira picked up ten … Read more
Civilian living in France Birth place – Chãos, Santarém Birth date – ??/??/1905 Death date – 21/04/1944 Father – Manuel Rosa Mother – Conceição Josefa Jacinto Rosa, his wife Júlia José da Conceição and their two children, both born … Read more
Crew member on the Ekatontarchos Dracoulis (Greece) Birth place – Birth date – Death date – Father – Mother – Bernardino Costa was a crew member of the Greek ship Ekatontarchos Dracoulis when it was torpedoed by U-44 west … Read more
Foca (Portugal) Captain: António Gama Lobo Type: Vapor de Longo Curso Tonnage: 1134 GT Owner: Soc. Geral de Comércio, indústria e Transportes, Lda. Homeport: Lisbon Built: Norway (1921) At 9.45 pm on March 30, 1943, the Portuguese steamer Foca, traveling between Cacheu, in Guinea Bissau, … Read more
. . 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
