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283:. Though unnecessary, the Portuguese Government paid the United States US$ 20,000 for each of these interned aircraft. The U.S. accepted the payment and gave as a gift four additional crates of aircraft, two of which were not badly damaged, without supplying spares, flight manuals or service manuals.
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were forced to land in
Portugal due to issues with the aircraft, after landing, Portuguese authorities confiscated the aircraft on grounds that it was illegal for the Allied aircraft to land in Portugal due to Portugal's neutrality. Portugal incorporated the confiscated aircraft into the
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10 Wellingtons landed in
Portugal, though 8/10 of the aircraft were thought to have crashed, set fire by the crew, or been damaged beyond recoverability. 2 of the Wellingtons were recovered but not much is known what happened to them.
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2 P-38s landed in
Portugal. One was confiscated while the other was able to take off before being confiscated. Though unnecessary, the Portuguese Government paid the United States US$ 20,000 for the interned
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2 Bristol
Blenheims in July 1941 and November 1942, one Mk IV and Mk V respectively, were confiscated after landing due to damages. In 1943 Portugal received 23 Mk IV and Mk Vs from the
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121:(Army Military Aviation), the aircraft delivered in two batches of 15. They received the Portuguese serial numbers 450-464 and 465-479 respectively. The Gladiators served until 1953.
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in a non-belligerent capacity giving access to
Portuguese territorial possessions for Allied forces. A number of Allied aircraft on their way to the
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December 1942 and February 1943, the Aeronáutica Militar (Military Aviation) obtained aircraft operated by the
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6 B-24 Liberator of various variants were confiscated during the North Africa campaign after landing in
Portugal.
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275:. Of the 19 fighter aircraft that landed in Portugal, all were interned and entered service that year with the
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751:"Curtiss P-36 Hawk, also known as Curtiss Hawk Model 75, was a U.S.-built fighter aircraft of the 1930's"
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708:"HĂĄkans Aviation page - Portuguese Air Force use of the Gloster Gladiator during the Second World War"
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844:"Fuel shortage forced the landing of Blenheim (BA288) in Lisboa Airport – Portugal 1939-1945"
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According to this source, the 10 aircraft received by
Portugal were of the version K-7
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877:"B-24 Liberator (42-40801) on the way to Africa landed in Lisbon – Portugal 1939-1945"
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926:"A hurricane brought a Sunderland (P9623) to Portugal – Portugal 1939-1945"
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Public Record Office entry of 18 March 1943, quoted by "Wreckovery" in
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The
British government transferred of 12 Hawk 75A-4 variants to the
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Adelino
Cardoso, "Aeronaves Militares Portuguesas no SĂ©culo XX"
901:"Italy's Breda Ba.65 - November '96: World War II Feature"
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Portugal received 15 Mark I and 15 Mk II aircraft for its
43:, this is how a majority of their aircraft were acquired.
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Military Aviation. They formed the Squadron OK, based at
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Groups originally dispatched to North Africa as part of
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In 1939, 12 Ba-65bis models were ordered by Portugal.
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List of Portuguese military equipment of World War II
362:On August 25, 1938, 10 Ju 86K-7s were delivered to
166:, which assigned them to air defense duties in the
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971:"De Havilland Tiger Moth & Queen Bee"
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793:Portuguese Airacobra service history
425:. They were decommissioned in 1943
18:This is a list of aircraft used by
30:but from 1944 cooperated with the
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685:List of aircraft of World War II
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1006:Lists of World War II aircraft
790:"The P-400 / P-39L Airacobra."
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795:. Retrieved: 16 October 2009.
975:BAE Systems | United Kingdom
28:never fought in World War II
951:plane-crazy.k-hosting.co.uk
617:-only 1 which did 1 mission
477:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
119:Arma da Aeronáutica Militar
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749:asisbiz.com (2017-01-13).
739:Crawford 2002, p. 109-112
730:Spencer 2003, p. 10,12,46
1001:Portugal in World War II
622:Liaison/army cooperation
604:Maritime patrol aircraft
510:Maritime patrol aircraft
712:surfcity.kund.dalnet.se
663:De Havilland Tiger Moth
352:Reconnaissance aircraft
214:Lockheed P-38 Lightning
176:Lockheed P-38 Lightning
658:Morane-Saulnier MS.230
587:Ground attack aircraft
527:Ground attack aircraft
506:Anti-submarine warfare
460:Anti-submarine warfare
36:North African campaign
645:Douglas C-47 Skytrain
409:Aerial reconnaissance
810:www.historyofwar.org
780:, 10–23 August 1984.
366:after purchase from
164:Portuguese Air Force
41:Portuguese Air Force
610:Grumman G-21B Goose
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222:Bell P-39 Airacobra
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368:Nazi Germany
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281:Ota Air Base
127:Curtiss Hawk
24:World War II
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560:Breda Ba.65
156:Hawk 75A-4
109:Gladiator I
995:Categories
980:2021-04-22
956:2021-04-22
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883:2021-04-22
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760:2021-04-22
717:2021-04-22
691:References
647:-only one
634:Transport
591:Ba-65bis
356:Ju 86K-7
674:See also
652:Trainers
548:Variant
311:Variant
263:and the
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47:Fighters
20:Portugal
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551:Number
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251:P-39L
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