. The Blenheim crew, in civilian clothes, among Portuguese military personnel at the Póvoa de Varzim barracks. (Picture: José Manuel Alves dos Santos – “100 anos de presença militar na Póvoa de Varzim : o nosso quartel”) Date Location Force Aircraft … Read more
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 07-05-1943 Furadouro – Aveiro RAF 1PRU Supermarine Spitfire XI EN419 Portreath (GB) → Gibraltar Sgt Graham Alan Rich GB
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 16-08-1943 In the sea 40 miles of Portugal RAF 295 Sqn Handley Page Halifax DJ994 Portreath (GB) → Sale (Norte de Àfrica) Sgt Manassah Cox … Read more
. Photographs of the crashed plane near the mouth of the Neiva River. (Revista “Vida Mundial Ilustrada”, 26/06/1941) Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 20-06-1941 Viana do Castelo RAF OADU Vickers Wellington IC X3211 Hampstead Norris (GB) → Gibraltar … Read more
. . . Leslie Alec Hayward in his sergeant’s uniform. When he disappeared in 1944 he was already an officer. (Picture: Leslie Hayward Family) Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 16-06-1942 Santa Maria island, Faro RAF 58 Sqn … Read more
. . News published in the newspaper Diário de Lisboa on the day the aircraft ditched. Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 16-06-1942 Ericeira (in the sea) RAF 217 Sqn Bristol Beaufort AW303 Portreath (GB) → Médio Oriente … Read more
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 26-02-1943 Vila Nova de Milfontes, Odemira RAF 44Group Bristol Blenheim V BB101 Cornwall (GB) → Gibraltar Sgt Rupert Jackson Walters GB Sgt Robert Brown … Read more
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
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
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
