Ralph L. Blackmore                                                                                 Updated: 19 MAR 2021

Airman: e555003.htm Surname: Blackmore Init: R L Rank: P/O Service: RCAF Sqdn: 22

P_link: p031.htm Plane: BFO W6522 Operation: Not DK/G Crash_site: North Sea off Holland

Crash_d: d130641 Buried_d: e555 C_link: e555.htm At_Next: HOLLAND

Den 13. juni 1941 tog BFO W6522 afsted fra RAF North Coates for at bekæmpe skibe i Rotterdam.

Formodes styrtet ned i Nordsøen. Ingen overlevende. (Kilde: p031MACR)

Et besætningsmedlem, Sgt H. K. Orme, blev fundet ved Hjerting Strand (omkring her) og begravet i Esbjerg den 18. august 1941. (Kilde: FAF)

Pilot Officer (Air Observer) Ralph Loudon Blackmore var fra Canada.
Han blev begravet på NOORDWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY i Holland.

2 flyvere fra BFO W6522 blev begravet i HOLLAND, 1 i TYSKLAND og 1 in Esbjerg.

4 flyvere.

On 13 June 1941 BFO W6522 took off from RAF North Coates on an Anti-shipping mission against E-boats in Rotterdam.

Presumed crashed in the North Sea. No survivors. (Source: p031MACR)

A crew member, Sgt H. K. Orme, was found on the beach near Hjerting (about here). He was buried in Esbjerg on 18 August 1941. (Source: FAF)

Pilot Officer (Air Observer) Ralph Loudon Blackmore was from Canada.
He was buried in NOORDWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY in Holland.
His name is engraved on the Memorial Wall at the BC Museum of Canada. The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has this.

2 airmen from BFO W6522 were buried in HOLLAND, 1 in GERMANY and 1 in Esbjerg.

This Beaufort from 22 Squadron - No. 22 Squadron RAF had the code letters OA : J. See 22 Squadron Association.

4 airmen.