American Aircobra (AP310) landed in Lisbon
Portfolio ItemDate Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 15-01-1943 Portela Airport – Lisbon USAAF 350FG Bell P-400 Aircobra AP310 Land’s End (GB) → Port Lyautey (Marocco) Lt Horace W. Potter USA
Aircobra (BX297) landed in Lisbon Airport
Portfolio ItemDate Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 15-01-1943 Portela Airport – Lisbon USAAF 350FG Bell P-400 Aircobra BX297 Land’s End (GB) → Port Lyautey (Marrocos) Lt. John Bishop USA
Airacobra (AP273) also landed in Lisbon
PostDate 15-01-1943 Location Portela Airport – Lisbon Force USAAF 350FG Aircraft … Read more
Lisbon saw the landing of another Airacobra (BX369)
PostDate 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
Aircobra (BX432) landed in Lisboa
Portfolio ItemDate Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 15-01-1943 Portela Airport – Lisbon USAAF 81FG Bell P-400 Aircobra BX432 Land’s End (GB) → Port Lyautey (Marocco) Lt. Harold Beadle USA
One American died in Albufeira in a Lightning (43-2148)
Portfolio ItemDate Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 26-01-1943 Vale de Carro – Albufeira USAAF Ferry Command Lockheed P-38 F Lightning 43-2148 GB → Norte de África 2Lt Richard Louis Rope USA †
Aircobra (42-4527) landed in Lisbon Airport
Portfolio ItemDate Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 08-02-1943 Portela Airport – Lisbon USAAF 350FG Bell P-39L Aircobra 42-4527 Land’s End (GB) → Port Lyautey (Marrocos) 1Lt. Robert L. English USA
An Air Marechal ditched in Oporto in a Sunderland (W6065)
Portfolio ItemDate Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 05-03-1943 Oporto RAF 95 Sqn Short Sunderland MkIII W6065 Pembroke (GB) → Gibraltar Air Marechal Sir Harold Edward Whittingham GB F/Lt Daniel Michael M’Carthy GB … Read more
A Flying Fortress B-17 landed in Portuguese Guinea
Portfolio ItemDate Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 18-03-1943 Portuguese Guinea Ferry Command USAAF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Lt.Cor Hunter Harris USA 1Lt. Alden T. Mann … Read more
Blenheim (EH332) ditched near Póvoa do Varzim
Portfolio ItemDate Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 14-03-1943 Póvoa do Varzim (half mile from the coast) RAF 1 OADU Bristol Blenheim V EH332 Portreath (GB) → Gibraltar Sgt J.P. Hutton GB Sgt R. … Read more
