Commonwealth War Graves Loriga

Loriga is a remote place high up in the Serra da Estrela. In the cemetery are the graves of six Commonwealth airmen. They were the crew of a Hudson bomber of the South African Air Force and their two R.A.F. passengers and were killed on 22 February 1944 when their aircraft failed to clear the 1,820 metres eastern wall of the Serra da Estrela at the Penta da Gato.

542244V Lt. Daniel DeWaal Walters, South African Air Force
96022V Lt. J. Barbour, South African Air Force, age 29
205812V Cpt. Robert Taverner Hildick, South African Air Force, age 21
102267V Lt J.P. Thom, South African Air Force, age 25
1251612 Cpl Henry Ernest Hedges, RAF, age 30
942985 Cpl Jack Learoyd Walker, RAF, age 26

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: António Conde