W. J. Thew                                                                                          Updated: 12 DEC 2021

Airman: o888377.htm Surname: Thew Init: W J Rank: AC1 Service: RAF Sqdn: 149

P_link: p004.htm Plane: WEL P9218 Operation: Attack DK Crash_site: Limfjorden

Crash_d: d210440 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

Den 21. april 1940 kl. 22.15 nødlandede WEL P9218 omkring her 500 m øst for Aggersundbroen
efter angreb på Rødslet Flyveplads (Aalborg West her, overblik her. Rørdal Flyveplads = Aalborg Ost her, se mere her). Se Tyske flyvepladser ved Aalborg.

Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift har mere, se WEL P9218. Flyverne  blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.

AC2 P.Blackburn blev sendt til L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel. AC2 J.J.Eldridge til 8B Lamsdorf  / L6 Heydekrug / L4 Gross Tychow.
Sgt G.E.Forsyth til 8B Lamsdorf / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel. F/O F.T.Knight til L1 Barth. Sendt til England 6 februar 1945.
Sgt W.G.McDonald kom på hospital på grund af sår.  AC1 W.J.Thew blev sendt til  8B Lamsdorf / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel." (Kilde: Lost Bombers)

Aircraftman 1 W. J. Thew var Air Gunner på  WEL P9218. (Kilde: p004MACR - Blanket om manglende besætning)

Se også angrebet på Aalborg, Fliegerhorst Aalborg West 13. august 1940 med 11 Blenheim bombemaskiner, der alle gik tabt.
Hjemmeværnets Historiske Samling i Himmerland har mere om dette fly og dets besætning. 6 flyvere.

On 21 April 1940 at 22.15 hours WEL P9218 force landed about here 500 m east of the Aggersund Bridge
after a raid on Rødslet Airfield (Aalborg West here, overview here. Rørdal Airfield = Aalborg Ost here, more here). See German airfields near Aalborg.

(Danish) Aviation Historical Review has more, see WEL P9218. The airmen were taken to German POW-Camps.

AC2 P.Blackburn was interned in Camps L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel. AC2 J.J.Eldridge in Camps 8B Lamsdorf / L6 Heydekrug / L4 Gross Tychow.
Sgt G.E.Forsyth in Camps 8B Lamsdorf / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel F/O F.T.Knight in Camp L1 Barth Repatriated 6 Feb 1945.
Sgt W.G.McDonald was confined in Hospital due injuries.  AC1 W.J.Thew in Camps 8B Lamsdorf / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel" (Source: Lost Bombers)  

Aircraftman 1 W. J. Thew was an Air Gunner of  WEL P9218. (Source: p004MACR - Missing Air Crew Report)

See also the attack on Aalborg airfield, Fliegerhorst Aalborg West, on 13 August, 1940 with 11 Bristol Blenheims - all of them lost.
See No. 149 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia *  Wellington. Wellington Ia P9218 OJ-J took off from RAF Mildenhall at 17:55 on 21 APR 1940.
(Source: Aircrew Remembered has this + Archive Report.) p004MACR  6 airmen.