William Greenwood                                                                                Updated: 29 JAN 2022


Airman:
 o888032.htm Surname: Greenwood Init: W Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 82

P_link: p016.htm Plane: BLE R2772 Operation: Attack DK Crash_site: Off Egholm

Crash_d: d130840 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

BLE R2772 tog del i angrebet på Aalborg, Fliegerhorst Aalborg West den 13. august 1940. Nedstyrtningsstedet er her. Google Map p014-024 (Kilde: Ole Rønnest)

Tre minutter senere styrtede 3. R 2772 ned (her) ved Egholm. Maskinen blev knust mod store sten. Mirakuløst overlevede Blair, Magrath og Greenwood, omend alle tre
alvorligt kvæstede.  (Find nummeret (1.-11.) i angrebet på - i tekst fra Skudt ned over Danmark)

Fra en krigsfangelejr i Tyskland brugte Bill Greenwood tid til at skrive til en filmstjerne i Hollywood. Se Keeping the spirits up - POW mail.

Sergeant William Greenwood var radiotelegrafist/skytte på R 2772. (Kilde: p016MACR.) Han blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.

Bombeflyet Bristol Blenheim. p016MACR  Se Tyske flyvepladser ved Aalborg. 3 flyvere.
 

BLE R2772 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)

Three minutes later, 3. R 2772 crashed (here) at Egholm. The aircraft broke up on hitting some large boulders.
It was a miracle that Blair, Magrath and Greenwood survived, for all three had sustained serious injuries. (Find the number (1.-11.) in Attack on - in text from
Shot down over Denmark
)
 

Bill Greenwood spent some time in a POW camp in Germany on writing to a film star in Hollywood. See  Keeping the spirits up - POW mail.

3 airmen.Sergeant William Greenwood was the Wireless Operator/Air Gunner of R 2772. (Source: p016MACR.) He was taken to German POW-Camps.

See No. 82 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * 82 Squadron Blenheims, Watton, 1940 * Bristol Blenheim * German airfields near Aalborg.
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 R2772 UX- took off from RAF Watton at 08:40 on 13 AUG 1940. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) Bristol Blenheim * p016MACR 3 airmen.