Date

Location

Force

Aircraft

From-To

Crew

03-10-1943

Portela Airport- Lisbon

RAF         233 Sqn                                                    

Lockheed Hudson  IIIA    FH260

Portreath (GB) → Gibraltar

F/O   P. G. Bula       GB

         H. Walsh        GB

         G. Bull           GB

         W.G. Staten   GB

         D.S. Burton    GB

        R.W. Button    GB

The aircraft landed at 13.00 hours because he lacked fuel to go on.

It became part of the Portuguese Aeronáutica Militar with the plate number H2.

Resources:
* Lokheed Hudson in World War II - Andrew Hendrie
* Arquivo ANA -Aeroportos e Navegação Aérea de Portugal - Lisboa
* Portreath ORB - National Archives - London Kew