Word: portela
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...vanished Douglas had taken off from Portela airfield outside Lisbon, an international junction shared by Allied and Axis planes. The afternoon transport from London used to bring English newspapers for the German Embassy. Over this line, via Switzerland, passed information on war prisoners. The planes using Portela enjoyed an unwritten guarantee of safe conduct...