Being Trailed by Gestapo in Lisbon Not Pleasant
A vivid wartime memoir fragment describes leaving Adare Ireland for Portugal aboard a seaplane nicknamed Nerwick. The journey to Portugal involves a tense ferry from the pier under searchlights and a cramped overnight flight in a Boeing plane past the French coast as danger from raiders looms.
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Gestapo
Lisbon
Ireland
Portugal
Nerwick
Winston Churchill
Atlantic
Bermuda
Britain
Adare
England
France
Lisbon and Estoril voyage with a Pan American Clipper
Aboard the Berwick the author describes wartime air travel across the Atlantic in a Pan American Clipper. After rough seas and heavy loads the plane lifts off toward land, then returns toward Lisbon Estoril. The stopover reveals Lisbon’s river, airport, and Estoril hotel life amid wartime danger and scarce resources.
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Pan American Airways
Vasht
Lamerweh
Trehind
Ufste
Lisbon
Tagus
Anchorage
Estoril
Atlantic
Estoril Palacio
Portugal
Cintra
England
Africa
Brazil
Trinidad
Lisbo
Renison
Menes
Ode
New York
Kant
Chatosee
Teshany
Gestapo
Ottawa Week Sees War Policy Debate Focus on Manpower
Ottawa reports show MPs reopening wartime schedules and probing expenditures. A 24 member house committee examines war costs while Liberal and Conservative leaders weigh government action after the plebiscite on military service obligations.
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Ottawa
Canada
Conservative House
Hanson
Parliament Hill
W. H. Taylor
Invisible Tanks Move by Hidden Rail Routes in Britain
Britain operates hidden tank traffic using special wagons and night trains to ports. Trains carry 24 tanks on flat wagons called red tanks, loading with ramps where needed and even climbing boards if no dock is available. War Office experts coordinate with railways to maximize gauge use, keeping the operation discreet.
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Avenidada Liberdade
Lisbon
Portugal
Avenida Thandreuis
Wamen
Aetto
Hamdd
Britain
Othe War Office
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C. F E.johnston
N.D. Bow River
War Expenditures Committee
War Services
Thorson
Department
Asley
House-of-Commons
Ncre
Lisfon
Wisley Aald
Trans-Canadia Airways
Railway and Shipping Committee
House
C.D. Howe
W. RR. Macedonald
Barantford City
Canin
Save For
Phaetoak Prikiotiane
Auditor General of Canada
Neeley
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