Hudson (FH288) ended his patrol in Portuguese Guinea
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 16-09-1942 Bolama – Guiné RAF    200 SQN Lockheed Hudson  IIIA      FH288   Freetown/ Seerra Leone → Freetown/ Seirra Leone   P/O    Richard John Weatherhead      Canada P/O    William Christian Zapfe  … Read more

Engine failure brought Wellington (Z9026) to Sintra
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 14-08-1942 Sintra RAF    OADU                                         Vickers Wellington IC    Z9026   Portreath (GB) → Gibraltar     P/O    E. Griffiths           GB P/O    H. S. Wilson         GB … Read more

Bad weather pushes Wellington (HD967) to Tavira
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 27-08-1942  Santa Lúzia beach, Tavira RAF   1OADU Vikers Wellington IC   HD967   Portreath (GB) → Gibraltar   P/O    E. E. Wright       GB P/O    E. J. Scott        … Read more

A Puss Moth makes a emergency landing in Angola
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 24-06-1942 Quimbele – Angola Bélgica DeHavilland DH-80 Puss Moth                                                Philipe Rops                      Belga   George Bernard Janssens   Belga

Beaufort (L9826) landed in Caparica with no fuel
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 23-06-1942  Caparica (South of) RAF    217 Sqn Bristol Beaufort I          L9826   Portreath (GB) → Middle East   F/Sgt     D.R. Macgregor    GB Sgt        E.C. Boreham       … Read more

Whitley (Z9291) hit by own bombs crashes near Faro
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 16-06-1942 Santa Maria island, Faro RAF   58 Sqn Armstrong Whitworth Whitley       Z9291   St. Eval (GB) → St. Eval (GB)   F/Sgt      Leslie Alec Hayward        GB Sgt         J. W. Walsh      … Read more

Beaufort (AW303) ditched near Ericiera
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 16-06-1942 Ericeira (in the sea) RAF      217 Sqn           Bristol Beaufort   AW303   Portreath (GB) →  Médio Oriente   Sgt   Armstrong          GB Sgt   D. Salisbury        GB Sgt  … Read more

A FW 200 – Condor (W. Nr. 0120) in Apúlia
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 01-05-1942                                                         Apúlia – Esposende Luftwaffe      10/Kg40 Focke-Wulf FW 200  C4    W.Nr.0120   Bordeaux/ Cognac Merignac → Bordeaux/ Cognac Merignac   Oblt       Siegfried Gall            … Read more

Beaufort (N1000) lands in Caparica
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 04-04-1942 Caparica RAF   OADU                                                Bristol Beaufort I      N1000   Trebelzue (GB) → Médio Oriente   F/Sgt   G. A. Bowman      GB Sgt      C. N. Pritchard     GB … Read more