Blenheim (BB166) ditched near Setúbal
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 24-01-1943 Comporta – Setúbal (Sea) RAF      OADU                                                                 Bristol Blenheim V   BB166   Portreath (GB) → Gibraltar   F/O     Thomas Andrew Milne        GB F/Sgt  Reuber Henry Walton    … Read more

Marauder (41-30214) explodes near Vieira de Leiria
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 25-10-1943 Vieira de Leiria (in the sea) USAAF Martin B-26C Marauder    41-32014   St. Mawgan (GB) → Casablanca (Marroco)   2Lt        Ray E. Pitre                   USA † … Read more

JU 188 (W.Nr. 140669) escaped to Lisbon
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 06-04-1945 Portela Airport – Lisbon LUFTWAFFE Junkers Ju.188  A2      W.Nr.140669   Germany → Portugal            Berthold Raithel      Germany          Hans Schwendter     Austria           Alfred Funke          … Read more

Ju 88 (W.Nr. 621800) escaped to Oporto
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 02-05-1945 Pedras Rubras – Oporto LUFTWAFFE                    7/NGJ2 Junkers Ju.88   G7A      W.NR.621800   Germany → Portugal                       Joseph Allram    Austria            Klaus Moller       Germany

One more Aircobra lands in Lisbon Airport
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 27-12-1942 Aeroporto de Lisboa / Lisbon Airport USAAF   81FG Bell P-39L / P-400 Aircobra        Land’s End (GB) → Port Lyautey (Marroco)   Lt  Richard “Dick” W. Tanny    USA

Claude Rayburn lands in Lisbon Airport
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 27-12-1942 Lisbon Airport USAAF      81FG Bell P-39L / P-400 Aircobra        Land’s End (GB) → Port Lyautey (Marrocos)   Lt.  Claude Rayburn    USA

A lost Airacobra lands in Lisbon Airport
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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

A Lightning (42-12825) landed in Quarteira
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 23-12-1942 Quarteira USAAF    82FG/96FG Lockheed P-38F Lightning      42-12825   GB → Norte de África   Cap   Buddy Strozier    USA