Blenheim IV R3800 - Limfjorden                                                        Updated: 27 JAN 2022

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
o888028.htm Syms T E F/Lt RAF 82 p015.htm BLE R3800 Attack DK Limfjorden d130840 o888 o888.htm POW
a107023.htm Turner E V Sgt RAF 82 p015.htm BLE R3800 Attack DK Limfjorden d130840 b160840 c107.htm Vadum
o888029.htm Wright K H Sgt RAF 82 p015.htm BLE R3800 Attack DK Limfjorden d130840 o888 o888.htm POW



BLE R3800 tog del i angrebet på Aalborg, Fliegerhorst Aalborg West 13. august 1940. Nedstyrtningsstedet er her. Google Map p014-024 (Kilde: Ole Rønnest)

To minutter senere (kl. 12.19) styrtede 2. R 3800 ned (her) ved den tyske vandflyveplads. Syms og Wright reddede sig med faldskærme.
Turner blev dræbt i flyet. (Find nummeret (1.-11.) i angrebet på - i tekst fra Skudt ned over Danmark)

Bombeflyet Bristol Blenheim. p015MACR  Se Tyske flyvepladser ved Aalborg.

3 flyvere.

BLE R3800 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)

Two minutes later (at 12:19),  2. R 3800 crashed (here) close to the German seaplane landing area. Parachutes saved the lives of Syms and Wright.
Turner was killed in the aircraft. (Find the number (1.-11.) in Attack on - in text from Shot down over Denmark)

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 R3800 UX- took off from RAF Watton at 08:40 on 13 AUG 1940. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) Bristol Blenheim * p015MACR

3 airmen.