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
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