Vila Chã in Vila do Conde, Porto, Portugal — Southwestern Europe (Iberian Peninsula)
Avro Lancaster III Crash
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, September 2, 2023
1. Avro Lancaster III Crash Marker
Matrícula / Registration: EE106
Data/ Date: 17 Setembro 1943
Local/Location: Praia do Puço - Vila Chã (Vila do Conde)
Força / Force: RAF-619 Sqn
Origem - Destino / From - To: Voo de Conningsby (GB) para Conningsby (GB)
Tripulação / Crew:
P/O-ALBERT WILIAM EDWARD PETER CARTWRIGHT, D. F. M. (GB)
F/LT. - STANLEY ERNEST JOSEPH JONES D. F. M. (GB)
SGT-ALBERT EDWARD BROOKES - (GB)
F/O-ARTHUR DAVID HOLDING (GB)
SGT-GORDON EDWARD DESCHAINE-(GB)
F/SGT-ROBERT GORDON FAUX -(GB)
F/SGT-CHARLES SMITH COOK - (GB)
O bombardeiro inglês Avro Lancaster III participou num ataque aos caminhos de ferro que ligam França a Itália, na zona de Antheór, Cannes. Terá sido atingido por fogo anti-aério. Julga-se que tentava chegar a Gibraltar, quando amarou junto a este local. Toda a tripulação sobreviveu ajudada por pescadores.
English Bomber Avro Lancaster Ill participated in an attack on the railway linking France to Italy, ANTHEOR zone. Cannes. It has been hit by anti-Aerio fire. It is believed that tried to reach Gibraltar, when
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Fonte:
Aterrem em Portugal-Carlos Guerreiro
EER-Evade & Escape Report
Source:
Landing in Portugal - Carlos Guerreiro
EER- Evade & Escape Report
Inauguração no dia 22 de Novembro de 2015 com a presença da Vereadora da Cultura do Município de Vila do Conde Dr Lurdes Alves e pelo Presidente da Junta de Freguesia de Vila Chã Sr. Benjamim Moreira.
Erected 2015 by Vila do Conde, Vila Chã.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is September 17, 1943.
Location. 41° 17.3′ N, 8° 43.917′ W. Marker is in Vila Chã, Porto, in Vila do Conde. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Vila Chã, Porto 4485, Portugal. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Ruínas de Habitação / Family House (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Os penedos amoladoiros / Polishing rocks (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Gravuras da área de S. Paio / S. Paio Engravings (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); A Recolha do Sargaço / Harvesting Seaweed (approx. 2.5 kilometers away); Dom Pedro IV (approx. 2.6 kilometers away); A Praia dos Pescadores de Angeiras / The Fishermen Beach at Angeiras
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2. Avro Lancaster III Crash - photo on marker
More about this marker. The memorial is located right where the boardwalk peters out and becomes a sort of alleyway parallel to Rua da Banhas as one enters Vila de Chã from the south.
Also see . . . Lancaster (EE106) made one emergency landing near Vila do Conde (Portugal 1939-1945).
Excerpts: After the attack they followed to the meeting point in the middle of France, but missed it and made tried to reach England under very thick clouds that prevented them to have visibility over the areas they were flying over.(Submitted on September 3, 2023.)
When they were able to see they were over a city with lights on and not over the North Sea.
They were in fact over northern Spain and had not enough fuel to reach either England or Gibraltar, so they decided to try Portugal, and landed on a beach of Vila Chã, near Vila do Conde.
The crew was transported to the city of Oporto and then to Lisbon. From there they reached Elvas where they were interned between September 28 and October 18, when they were sent home.
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, September 2, 2023
3. Avro Lancaster III Crash Marker - wide view
Credits. This page was last revised on September 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 3, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 90 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 3, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
