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The first RAF Flying Fortresses to land at Lagens Airfield in the Portuguese owned Azores
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The first RAF Flying Fortresses to land at Lagens Airfield in the Portuguese owned Azores
The first RAF Flying Fortresses to land at Lagens Airfield in the Portuguese owned Azores Islands in the Atlantic Ocean.
The islands were of enormous strategic value regarding the defeat of the German U-boats. Portugal, too weak to defend the Azores, tried to stay neutral in the war, with worries of a possible German invasion of the mainland through Spain.
In 1943 Britain requested, and Portugal agreed, to allow Britain to set up bases there.
15th December 1943
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