Jochemus Johannes Blignaut                                                           Updated: 12 JAN 2012

Airman: e777539.htm Surname: Blignaut Init: J J Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 15

P_link: p125.htm Plane: STI W7635 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d081242 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 8. december 1942 styrtede STI W7635 i Nordsøen på en minelægningsoperation til Østersøen. Se Sweetpeas i Minelægningsområder.
 Hele besætningen omkom.

Sergeant Jochemus Johannes Blignaut var fra United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 78 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

5 flyvere fra STI W7635 har ingen kendt grav, 1 blev begravet i Esbjerg og 1 på Kirkeby Kirkegård.

7 flyvere.


On 8 December 1942 STI W7635 crashed into the North Sea on a minelaying operation to the Baltic Sea. See Sweetpeas in Minelaying areas.
All of the crew perished.

Sergeant Jochemus Johannes Blignaut was from the United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 78, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)

5 airmen from STI W7635 have no known grave, 1 was buried in Esbjerg and 1 in Kirkeby Churchyard.

See Bomber Command No. 15 Squadron and XV (R) Squadron. This Stirling took off from RAF Bourn. Lost Bombers has this.

7 airmen.