Beaufighter (T3229) crashed in the sea near Lisbon

Date

Location

Force

Aircraft

 

From-To

 

Crew

01-05-1941

Lisboa (in the sea)

RAF   252 Sqn

Bristol Beaufighter IC     T3229

 

St. Eval (GB) →  Gibraltar

 

S/Lt      R. D. B. Hopkins      GB

Sgt       G. Bell                      GB




They ditched near Lisbon. The crew was interned in Portugal. The book Coastal Command Losses states that the aircraft was recovered by the Germans and that they took it as a war prize.

Resources:

* RAF Coastal Command Losses of Second World War – Ross McNeill