Alguns registos históricos, com os créditos do Imperial War Museum, acerca da Base das Lajes, na Ilha Terceira. Estes arquivos relatam o período da presença da Royal Air Force no Arquipélago dos Açores, mais concretamente nas Lajes - na época, Lagens -, Praia da Vitória, entre 1943 e 1945. É possível compreender, através da fotografia, o impacto da presença britânica junto dos terceirenses, mais concretamente no concelho da Praia da Vitória. Parte 2.
» Publicity shot purporting to show the captain of a Boeing Fortress Mark II of Coastal Command holding a final conference with his crew before taking off. The photograph was taken at Lagens, Azores, in front of a Fortress Mark II, FL462 'W' of No. 220 Squadron RAF. The 'crew' were, in fact, an ad hoc group drawn from No. 206 Squadron RAF, and the 'captain' (3rd from right, wearing SD Cap) was Flying Officer L W Taylor RAAF, an Air Ministry public relations officer.
A bullock cart on an airfield.1944. »
» The camp barber at work. 1944.
A Boeing Fortress Mark IIA taking off from Lagens. December 1943 »
» Front view of a Royal Air Force Morris Light Armoured Car and a bullock cart on an airfield in the Azores. 1944
Allied Aircraft: Consolidated Liberator GR Mk VI, KG869 'ZZ-K', of No 220 Squadron Royal Air Force, based at Lagens, Azores, in flight off Terceira.»» Boeing Fortress Mark IIAs at their dispersal points at Lagens; those nearest are FL459 'J' and FK200 'B' of No. 220 Squadron RAF. Note the construction of the steel plate runway under way in the middle of the airfield. An RAF Sergeant interpreter discusses domestic business with Portuguese women who have undertaken laundry work for RAF personnel in the tented encampment at Lagens. »
» An airman of the Royal Air Force Regiment drives a tractor hauling a device for levelling the runway area during airfield construction at Lagens.
Portuguese ox-carts pass a Boeing Fortress Mark II undergoing an engine test at Lagens.» » A Lockheed Hudson Mark III of No. 233 Squadron RAF Detachment, undergoes servicing in a dispersal at Lagens. A Douglas Dakota of No. 512 Squadron, RAF Transport Command, being refuelled from an AEC Type 'A' petrol tanker while in transit at Lagens.»
» Air Vice-Marshal G R Bromet, Air Officer Commanding No. 247 Group, gives a 'green' on an Aldis lamp for the first aircraft - a Boeing Fortress Mark II - to take off, during the Anglo-Portuguese ceremony to open the new runway at Lagens. Standing next to him is the Station Commander of Lagens, Group Captain W E Oulton, and the Portuguese Military Governor of the Azores, Brigadier J Tamagnini Barbosa.
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Alguns registos históricos, com os créditos do Imperial War Museum, acerca da Base das Lajes, na Ilha Terceira. Estes arquivos relatam o período da presença da Royal Air Force no Arquipélago dos Açores, mais concretamente nas Lajes - na época, Lagens -, Praia da Vitória, entre 1943 e 1945. É possível compreender, através da fotografia, o impacto da presença britânica junto dos terceirenses, mais concretamente no concelho da Praia da Vitória. Parte 2.
» Publicity shot purporting to show the captain of a Boeing Fortress Mark II of Coastal Command holding a final conference with his crew before taking off. The photograph was taken at Lagens, Azores, in front of a Fortress Mark II, FL462 'W' of No. 220 Squadron RAF. The 'crew' were, in fact, an ad hoc group drawn from No. 206 Squadron RAF, and the 'captain' (3rd from right, wearing SD Cap) was Flying Officer L W Taylor RAAF, an Air Ministry public relations officer.
A bullock cart on an airfield.1944. »
» The camp barber at work. 1944.
A Boeing Fortress Mark IIA taking off from Lagens. December 1943 »
» Front view of a Royal Air Force Morris Light Armoured Car and a bullock cart on an airfield in the Azores. 1944
Allied Aircraft: Consolidated Liberator GR Mk VI, KG869 'ZZ-K', of No 220 Squadron Royal Air Force, based at Lagens, Azores, in flight off Terceira.»» Boeing Fortress Mark IIAs at their dispersal points at Lagens; those nearest are FL459 'J' and FK200 'B' of No. 220 Squadron RAF. Note the construction of the steel plate runway under way in the middle of the airfield. An RAF Sergeant interpreter discusses domestic business with Portuguese women who have undertaken laundry work for RAF personnel in the tented encampment at Lagens. »
» An airman of the Royal Air Force Regiment drives a tractor hauling a device for levelling the runway area during airfield construction at Lagens.
Portuguese ox-carts pass a Boeing Fortress Mark II undergoing an engine test at Lagens.» » A Lockheed Hudson Mark III of No. 233 Squadron RAF Detachment, undergoes servicing in a dispersal at Lagens. A Douglas Dakota of No. 512 Squadron, RAF Transport Command, being refuelled from an AEC Type 'A' petrol tanker while in transit at Lagens.»
» Air Vice-Marshal G R Bromet, Air Officer Commanding No. 247 Group, gives a 'green' on an Aldis lamp for the first aircraft - a Boeing Fortress Mark II - to take off, during the Anglo-Portuguese ceremony to open the new runway at Lagens. Standing next to him is the Station Commander of Lagens, Group Captain W E Oulton, and the Portuguese Military Governor of the Azores, Brigadier J Tamagnini Barbosa.