Lisbon saw the landing of another Aircobra (BX369)
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 15-01-1943 Portela Airport – Lisbon USAAF 350FG Bell P-400 Aircobra BX369 Land’s End (GB) → Port Lyautey (Marrocos) 2Lt. Paul H. Hazelrigg USA
Aircobra (BX187) landed in Aljezur
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 03-06-1943 Aljezur – Pego das Aguas USAAF Bell Aircobra 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
Wellington (Z8780) exploded over the sea near Esposende
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