John F. H. Bristow Updated: 29 JAN 2022
Airman: o888023.htm Surname: Bristow
Init: JFH Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 82
P_link: p020.htm Plane: BLE T1827 Operation: Attack DK Crash_site: At Kaas, 2 km E
Crash_d: d130840 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW
BLE T1827 tog del i angrebet på Aalborg, Fliegerhorst Aalborg West den 13. august 1940.
Nedstyrtningsstedet er her.
Google Map p014-024 (Kilde:
Ole Rønnest)
Ved Kaas faldt næsten samtidigt
R 3802 (her) og
7. T 1827 (her).
Fra det første reddede Ellen og Dance sig med faldskærm, mens
Davies omkom i
flyet. I T 1827 nåede Bristow at erkende, at
Jones og Cranidge begge var dræbt. Han fik sin faldskærm hægtet på, fjernet flyets kamera
og kom med besvær fri af kameralugen.
Hans faldskærm foldede sig ud få sekunder
før han nåede jorden. (Find nummeret
(1.-11.) i
angrebet på - i tekst fra Skudt ned over Danmark)
John Bristow indlagde sig uforglemmelig beundring
ved gennem alle årene at magte at fremstille primitive radioer, så krigsfangerne
kunne følge den militære udvikling
og efterhånden bringes til at tro, at
allieret sejr ville blive en realitet. (Tekst fra Skudt ned over Danmark)
Sergeant John F.H. Bristow var radiotelegrafist/skytte på T 1827.
(Kilde:
p020MACR.)
Han blev
ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Bombeflyet Bristol
Blenheim. p020MACR
BLE T1827 took part in the attack on
Aalborg airfield, Fliegerhorst Aalborg West, on 13 August, 1940.
The crash site is here.
See also
Google Map p014-024.
(Source:
Ole Rønnest)
At almost the same time
R 3802 (here)
and
7. T 1827 (here) crashed
at Kaas. From the R 3802, Ellen and
Dance saved themselves by parachute, while
Davies died
in the plane. In T 1827, Bristow found time to ascertain that
Jones and Cranidge had both been killed. He managed to hook on his parachute,
remove the aircraft´s
camera, and with some difficulty, got out through
the camera hatch. His parachute opened only a few seconds before he hit the
ground.
(Find the number
(1.-11.) in
Attack on - in text from Shot down over Denmark)
Sergeant John F.H. Bristow was the Wireless Operator/Air Gunner of T 1827. (Source: p020MACR.) He was taken to German POW-Camps.
John Bristow won an undying name for himself: through all the years of his captivity he constructed primitive radio sets so that his fellow POWs could follow the development of the war and gradually regain their faith in an Allied victory. (Texts from Shot down over Denmark)
See No. 82 Squadron RAF
- Wikipedia
* 82 Squadron Blenheims,
Watton, 1940 * Bristol Blenheim
*
Aircraft
Restoration Company, Duxford -
Bristol Blenheim *
Blenheim L6739 -- Rolled Out.
Photo: RAF Memorial,
Watton by Ole Rønnest
The
reconstructed R3821 that visited
Aalborg in 2000 due to efforts by
Ole Rønnest.
Blenheim IV T1827 UX- took off from RAF Watton at 08:40 on 13 AUG 1940. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) Bristol Blenheim * p020MACR 3 airmen.