Blenheim IV V6176 - The North Sea                                                       Updated:  31 MAR 2013
 

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a014010.htm Blundell J M Sgt RAF 139 p037.htm BLE V6176 Anti ship The North Sea d300741 b180841 c014.htm Esbjerg
e777442.htm Dennis-Smither D G Sgt RAF 139 p037.htm BLE V6176 Anti ship The North Sea d300741 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777441.htm Gruer L H Sgt RAF 139 p037.htm BLE V6176 Anti ship The North Sea d300741 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


Den 30. juli 1941 styrtede BLE V6176 i Nordsøen under et dag-bombetogt til byer og mål i NV Tyskland. Ingen overlevende.

4 af 12 bombefly gik tabt. BLE V6176 * BLE V6266 * BLE V6322 * BLE V6439. (Kilde: MACR)

Sgt Blundell drev ind lige nord for Nordmandskrogen ved Nymindegab (omkring her). Han blev begravet den 18. august 1941 sammen med 3 andre allierede flyvere.
Fra dansk side deltog denne dag i højtideligheden borgmester M. Mortensen, kommunaldirektør H. Nielsen, politimester Aksel Th. B. Hebo og kaptajn Mourier.
De nedlagde alle kranse.  (Kilde: FAF)

1 flyver fra BLE V6176 blev begravet i Esbjerg. 2 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 3 flyvere.

On 30 July 1941 BLE V6176 crashed in the North Sea on a day bombing raid on towns and targets in N.W. Germany. No survivors.
4 of 12 bombers were lost. BLE V6176 * BLE V6266 * BLE V6322 * BLE V6439. (Source: MACR)

Sgt Blundell was washed ashore north of Nordmandskrogen near Nymindegab (about here). On 18 August 1941 he and 3 other Allied airmen were buried in Esbjerg. Mayor M. Mortensen, chief executive H. Nielsen, chief constable Aksel Th. B. Hebo and Captain Mourier attended the ceremony from the Danish side.
Each of them laid a wreath. (Source: FAF)

1 airman from BLE V6176 was buried in Esbjerg. 2 airmen have no known grave.

Bomber Command No. 139 Squadron * No. 139 Squadron RAF * This Bristol Blenheim took off from Aylsham west of RAF Oulton. See the Blenheim Society.

3 airmen.