. The Blenheim crew, in civilian clothes, among Portuguese military personnel at the Póvoa de Varzim barracks. (Picture: José Manuel Alves dos Santos – “100 anos de presença militar na Póvoa de Varzim : o nosso quartel”) Date Location Force Aircraft … Read more
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 07-05-1943 Furadouro – Aveiro RAF 1PRU Supermarine Spitfire XI EN419 Portreath (GB) → Gibraltar Sgt Graham Alan Rich GB
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 16-08-1943 In the sea 40 miles of Portugal RAF 295 Sqn Handley Page Halifax DJ994 Portreath (GB) → Sale (Norte de Àfrica) Sgt Manassah Cox … Read more
British colony of Lisbon Residence place – Carcavelos, Lisbon Birth date – 1923 Death date – 13/08/1941 Father – James Bickers Blair Mother – Gwendoline Mary Blair Colin Paget Blair was a student pilot at the 15 … Read more
. . . Leslie Alec Hayward in his sergeant’s uniform. When he disappeared in 1944 he was already an officer. (Picture: Leslie Hayward Family) Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 16-06-1942 Santa Maria island, Faro RAF 58 Sqn … Read more
. . News published in the newspaper Diário de Lisboa on the day the aircraft ditched. Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 16-06-1942 Ericeira (in the sea) RAF 217 Sqn Bristol Beaufort AW303 Portreath (GB) → Médio Oriente … Read more
. . The two crew members of the Catalina are buried in the Sagres cemetery since March 24, 1943. (Picture: Carlos Guerreiro) Date Location Force Aicraft From – to Crew 22-03-1943 Tonel Bay – Sagres RAF 210 … Read more
British Colony in Portugal Birth place – Lisbon Birth date – 1918 Death date – Father – Mother – Robert Francis “Chico” Robertson was born in Lisbon to a Scottish father and a Spanish mother, a family related … Read more
. . Beaufort’s photographs taken in April 1944. (photos provided by Vasco Calixto) Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 24-11-1943 Ochã – Foz do Arelho – Leiria RAF 1OADU Bristol Beaufort IA JM513 Portreath (GB) → … Read more
Date Location Force Aircraft From-To Crew 26-02-1943 Vila Nova de Milfontes, Odemira RAF 44Group Bristol Blenheim V BB101 Cornwall (GB) → Gibraltar Sgt Rupert Jackson Walters GB Sgt Robert Brown … Read more
