Wellington (MF148) crashed killing the crew
Date Location Force Aicraft From – To Crew 06-03-1944 Lisbon RAF 3OADU Vickers Wellington XIII MF148 Hurn (GB) → Gibraltar → Middle East F/O Glen Ross Canfield Canada † F/O Ellis Oliver Hillman … Read more
Africa Shell castaways arrive in Mozambique
Africa Shell (GB) Captain: Patrick G. G. Dove Type: Tanker Tonnage: 706 GT Owner: Shell Company of East Africa Homeport: Londres London Built: George Brown & Co., Greenock, UK Two rescue boats carrying 28 castaways from the British tanker Africa Shell arrived on … Read more
The first american Lightning (42-12738) to stay in Portugal
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 15-11-1942 Aeroporto da Portela – Lisboa USAAF 94FS/ 1FG Lockheed P-38F Lightning 42-12738 GB → North Africa Cap James Harman USA
Freitas, Joseph Gonçalves de
US Army privat Unit – 2nd Armored Divison 41st Armored Infantry Regiment/ B Company Birth place – São Martinho, Madeira Island Birth date – 21/12/ 1915 Death date – 16/01/2005 Father /pai – Feliciano de Freitas Mother /mãe – … Read more
City of Canton castaways found by the Luabo
Luabo (Portugal) Captain: Type:Steam Merchant Tonnage: 1453 GT Owner: Companhia Nacional de Navegação Homeport: Lisbon Built: Russel & Co, Glasgow (1909) The first lifeboat with 20 castaways from the British City of Canton arrived near Pinda lighthouse on July 18, 1943, just over … Read more
The Inhambane found the Harmonic survivors
Inhambane (Portugal) Captain: Lourenço Fernandes (?) Type: Merchant Steamer Tonnage: 3600 GT Owner: Soc. Geral de Comércio, Indústria e Transportes Homeport: Lisbon Built: J. C. Tecklemborg, Alemanha (1912) On July 22, 1943, the Portuguese steamer Inhambane was in a return trip from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Lisbon, … Read more
Rodrigues, Joaquim
Crew member of the Faneromeni (Greece) Birth place – Birth date – Death date – Father – Mother – Joaquim Rodrigues was a stoker on board the Greek ship Faneromeni when it was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine … Read more
NRP Afonso de Albuquerque found 184 Nova Scotia survivors
NRP Afonso de Albuquerque (Portugal) Captain: José de Brito (Cap. de Mar e Guerra) Type: Sloop Tonnage: 2440 GT Owner: Portuguese Navy Port: Lisbon Built: Hawthorn Leslie and Company (1935) At thirteen hours and twelve minutes on November 29, 1942, the crew of … Read more
The Sinking of the Alpha
Alpha Captain: José Ferreira de Oliveira Type: Cargo Steamer Tonnage: Owner: Sociedade Luso-Marítima Homeport: Lisbon Construção/Built: Acontecimento/Event: Sunk in the English Channel by German Planes Meet the Alpha Crew The German planes approached from the Southeast dropping bombs and firing machine-gun bursts. Because of the … Read more
Alpha’s crew members
On July 15, 1940, the Portuguese ship ALPHA was sunk in the English Channel by German aircraft. There were 21 crew on board and all of them survived. Read the story of the ALPHA attack HERE. Name Age Profession … Read more
