Lisbon saw the landing of another Airacobra (BX369)
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 15-01-1943 Portela Airport – Lisbon USAAF 350FG Bell P-400 Airacobra BX369 Land’s End (GB) → Port Lyautey (Marrocos) 2Lt. Paul H. Hazelrigg USA
Airacobra (BX187) landed in Aljezur
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
Condor (W.Nr. 0178) is shot down in Aljezur
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
Horsa (DP392) ditched in the sea of Oporto
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 16-08-1943 Mar (In the sea near Portugal) Royal Army Glider Pilot Regiment Horsa Glider (Planador) DP329 Portreath (GB) → Sale (North Africa) Sgt Willie Desmond Jackson GB Sgt Arnold … Read more
Glider Horsa (LH122) landed in Vieira de Leiria beach
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
Blenheim (BB166) ditched near Setúbal
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 24-01-1943 Comporta – Setúbal (Sea) RAF OADU Bristol Blenheim V BB166 Portreath (GB) → Gibraltar F/O Thomas Andrew Milne GB F/Sgt Reuber Henry Walton … Read more
A lost Airacobra lands in Lisbon Airport
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
Airacobra (BX256) made a emergency landing in Vila do Conde
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
Beaufort (DD953) landed in Lavos
The RAF aircraft Beaufort DD953 had engine problems and landed in Lavos, near Figueira da Foz. The crew survived.… Read more
Blenheim (Z7366) landed because of a fuel pump problem
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
