Boston (BZ306) crashed near Estoi
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 02-04-1943 Murta Place – Serro do Monteiro – Estoi RAF     OADU – Ferry Command Douglas Boston IIIA      BZ306   Gibraltar → Portreath (GB)   Civil    B. Shokett        GB … Read more

One Aircobra landed in the navy base of São Jacinto
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 15-01-1943 Air-Navy base of S. Jacinto USAAF                                                                               Bell P-400 / P-39L  Aircobra         Land’s End (GB) → Port Lyautey (Marroco)   Lt.   Robert Kelly      USA

B-24 Liberator (42-40772) landed in Lisbon Airport
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 20-08-1943 Portela Airport- Lisbon USAAF      389BG/ 564BS Consolidated B-24D-95-CO Liberator        42-40772   Norte de Africa → GB    Cap     John T. Blackis        USA              Joseph Landry    … Read more

Sunderland (EJ131) went missing in the Mozambique Channel
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 20-08-1943 Mozambique (in the sea) RAF    230 Sqn Short Sunderland         EJ131   Pamanzi island → Pamanzi island    F/Sgt   Alexander Langlois Butler          GB  † F/Lt     Archibald … Read more

Another Aircobra (42-4854) landed in Lisbon Airport
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 27-04-1943 Portela Airport – Lisbon USAAF    Ferry Command Bell P-39 Aircobra       42-4854   Portreath (GB) →  Port Lyautey (Marroco)   2Lt   Frank Atkins  USA

Hudson (FK538) ditched near Cabo da Roca
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Data/ Date Local/ Location Força/ Force Avião/ Aircraft   Origem-Destino/ From-To   Tripulação/ Crew 29-08-1943 Near Roca Cape (in the sea) RAF     1OADU Lockheed Hudson  VI       FK538   Lyneham (GB) → Ras-Elma (Marroco)   P/O       Sidney Allen      … Read more

Horsa (DP824) landed in Ferrel beach near Peniche
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 07-09-1943 Peniche (Ferrel beach) Royal Army      Glider Pilot Regiment GB      Airspeed Horsa     DP824   Portreath (GB) → Sale (North Africa)   S/Sgt    G. Gabbott                  … Read more

Beaufighter (T3423) was shot by a Condor near Cabo Sardão
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-to   Crew 07-09-1943 Longueira – Sardão Cape RAF     248 Sqn Bristol Beaufighter II       T3423   Gibraltar → Gibraltar   S/L    Arthur Terrence Maudsley    GB † P/O   Arthur David  Ashton            GB †