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The crew abandoned and burned the aircraft after they landed. In the wreckage of the plane the Portuguese authorities found some bullet holes suggesting the participation in some kind of combat. The crew was captured in the next day in a farm near Moura and they stayed there waiting for orders. They disappeared in the morning of 21 February 1941. They probably escaped to Spain with the help of German nationals living in the border area.
09-02-1941
Moura - Alentejo
Luftwaffe 2/KG40
Focke-Wulf FW 200 C1 W.Nr.0003
Bordéus/ Cognac Merignac a Bordéus/ Cognac Merignac
Uffz Reier Alemanha
Ofw Erich Adam Alemanha
Oberl Grasgeber Alemanha
Ofw Gropp Alemanha
Uffz Hecht Alemanha
Uffz Pluntke Alemanha
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The aircraft was burned by the crew just after they landed in Moura.
* “Aviões da Cruz de Cristo” – Mário Cannongia Lopes
* Arquivo do Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros
*Arquivo Histórico da Câmara Municipal de Moura
* João Calado
* José Carlos Carias Silva
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The aircraft was burned by the crew just after they landed in Moura.
Foto publicada na revista "Flight"em 13 de Março de 1941.
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Picture published in "Flight" magazine on March 13, 1941.
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