Another Airacobra (AP292) landed in Lisboa
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 27-04-1943 Portela Airport – Lisbon USAAF Ferry Command Bell P-400 Airacobra AP292 Portreath (GB) → Port Lyautey (Marroco) 2Lt Richard L. “Dixie” Alexander USA
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 27-04-1943 Portela Airport – Lisbon USAAF Ferry Command Bell P-400 Airacobra AP292 Portreath (GB) → Port Lyautey (Marroco) 2Lt Richard L. “Dixie” Alexander USA
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 03-06-1943 Aljezur – Pego das Aguas USAAF Bell Airacobra P400 BX187 Portreath (GB) → Port Lyautey (Marroco) Lt Richard Savoy USA
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 09-07-1943 Aljezur LUFTWAFFE 9/KG40 Focke-Wulf FW200 C4 W.Nr.0178 Bordeus-Cognac Merignac → Bordeus-Cognac Merignac Feldw Karl-Gunther Nicolaus Germany † Uffz Hans Weigert … Read more
The Horsa LH122 in the Vieira de Leiria beach (Photo: Uknwon author /C. de Modelismo da Região de Leiria) Another image from Horsa LH122 being pushed away from the beach (Photo: Unknown author/C. de Modelismo da Região de Leiria) The … Read more
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 27-12-1942 Aeroporto de Lisboa / Lisbon Airport USAAF 81FG Bell P-39L / P-400 Airacobra Land’s End (GB) → Port Lyautey (Marroco) 2Lt William “Bill” Littlejohn USA
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 27-12-1942 Vila do Conde USAAF 81FG Bell P-400 Airacobra BX256 Land’s End (GB) → Port Lyautey (Marrocos) 2 Lt. Ronald I. Moeller USA
The RAF aircraft Beaufort DD953 had engine problems and landed in Lavos, near Figueira da Foz. The crew survived.… Read more
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 17-07-1941 Cabo de Santa Maria – Faro RAF OADU Bristol Blenheim IV Z7366 Portreath (GB) → Gibraltar → Malta F/Sgt. G.K. Williams NZ Sgt. R.E. Griffin … Read more
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