Date

Location

Force

Aircraft

From-To

Crew

08-10-1942 

Azambuja

RAF   1445TFU

Handley Page Halifax  II      DT493

Lyneham (GB) → Gibraltar

P/O     Ewart                    GB

F/O     H. W. Mcgill           GB

1Of     Penn C. Wilson       USA

F/Lt    Jack Stagner          USA

F/Lt    G. W. Mcperson      GB

Sgt      H. S. Osborne         GB

Sgt      A. E. Nicholls         GB

The landing was very rough and the aircraft was burned by the crew. Mcperson and some other crewmembers were interned in the British Hospital from Lisbon for some time before being repatriated.

Resources:
*  “Aviões da Cruz de Cristo” – Mário Canongia Lopes