Date

Location

Force

Aircraft

From-To

Crew

17-12-1941

Tancos

RAF     89 Sqn                                               

Bristol Beaufighter     X7647

Portreath (GB) → Gibraltar → Middle East

Sgt     J. W. H. Thomas   GB

Sgt     D. G. Morris          Canada

The crew was in transit to the 89 Sqn in the Middle East. One of the engines caught fire and they had to jump by parachute. They landed in the countryside near the portuguese army airfield of Tancos an were interned in Caldas da Rainha. The crew was repatriated on March 10, 1942.

Fontes/ Resources:
*  Fórum 12oclockhigh.net