Den 9.
juli 1940 kl. 12.31 mistede BLE R3732 radiokontakt
til et andet fly, der også havde angrebet
Sola flyveplads
ved Stavanger i Norge. p011MACR
Se Bristol Blenheim.
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"Seks Blenheims fra 21 BS og seks fra 57 BS
lettede kl 08:00. Lidt over kl. 11.00 angreb flyene Sola flyveplads ved
Stavanger og blev mødt af kraftig flak.
Umiddelbart efter angrebet blev formationen angrebet af
Me110 og
Bf109. Fire
Blenheims fra 21 BS og to fra 57 BS blev skudt ned over Skagerrak. Det
lykkedes den 34-årige W/C Leslie Clive Bennett at undslippe med sit fly
trods betydelige skader. Kl. 11:45 var W/ C Bennett i radiokontakt med et
andet fly, og han kunne berette, at hans skader
var så omfattende, at han ikke kunne nå tilbage til
England, og at han ville forsøge en nødlanding på havet. Kinloss
vedligeholdt radioforbindelsen med W/C Bennett
indtil kl. 12:31. Trods intensiv eftersøgning
lykkedes det aldrig at finde spor efter flyet og
dets besætning. Liget af W/C Bennett blev fundet på Lønstrup strand den
28. september 1940, og umiddelbart efter blev han begravet på Lønstrup
kirkegård." (FT 89-32-4)Sergeant
Christopher James Burt var fra United Kingdom.
Hans navn
er på Panel 12 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere,
der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
1 flyver fra BLE R3732 blev begravet i Lønstrup. 2
flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 3 flyvere.
On 9 July 1940 at 12:31
BLE R3732 lost radio contact to another plane that had
also attacked Sola Airfield
at Stavanger in Norway.
(Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"6 Blenheims from 21 Squadron and 6 from 57 Squadron took off at 08:00.
Shortly after 11:00 the planes attacked Sola Airfield
at Stavanger and were met with heavy flak. During the attack the formation
was attacked by
Me110s and
Bf109s. 4 Blenheims from 21 Squadron and 2 from 57 Squadron were shot
down over the Skagerrak. W/C Leslie Clive Bennett, 34, managed to escape
with his plane in spite of considerable damage. At 11:45 Bennett had
radio contact to another
plane. He reported that the damage was so extensive that he would not be
able to make it back to England and that he would try to ditch at sea.
Kinloss kept radio contact with W/C Bennett till 12:31. No trace of
the plane and its crew has ever been found in spite of intensive search. On
28 September 1940 the body of
W/C Bennett was found washed ashore at Lønstrup and he was buried shortly
after in Lønstrup Churchyard." (FT 89-32-4)
Sergeant Christopher James Burt was from
the United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 12, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 139.
1 airman from BLE R3732
was buried in Lønstrup. 2 airmen have no known grave.
See
Blenheim and
No. 21 Squadron RAF in
Wikipedia.
Blenheim IV R3732 YH-L
took off from
RAF Lossiemouth at
08:00 on 09 JUL 1940 (Source:
Aircrew Remembered
has
this.) 3 airmen.
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