Blenheim IV R2772 - Off Egholm                                                       Updated: 29 JAN 2022
 

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
o888030.htm Blair D Sgt RAF 82 p016.htm BLE R2772 Attack DK Off Egholm d130840 o888 o888.htm POW
o888032.htm Greenwood W Sgt RAF 82 p016.htm BLE R2772 Attack DK Off Egholm d130840 o888 o888.htm POW
o888031.htm Magrath WJQ Sgt RAF 82 p016.htm BLE R2772 Attack DK Off Egholm d130840 o888 o888.htm POW



BLE R2772 tog del i angrebet på Aalborg, Fliegerhorst Aalborg West 13. august 1940. Nedstyrtningsstedet er her. Google Map p014-024 (Kilde: Ole Rønnest)

Tre minutter senere styrtede 3. R 2772 ned (her) ved Egholm. Maskinen blev knust mod store sten. Mirakuløst overlevede Blair, Magrath og Greenwood, omend alle tre
alvorligt kvæstede.  (Find nummeret (1.-11.) i angrebet på - i tekst fra Skudt ned over Danmark)

Bombeflyet Bristol Blenheim. p016MACR  Se Tyske flyvepladser ved Aalborg.

3 flyvere.

BLE R2772 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)

Three minutes later, 3. R 2772 crashed (here) at Egholm. The aircraft broke up on hitting some large boulders.
It was a miracle that Blair, Magrath and Greenwood survived, for all three had sustained serious injuries. (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 R2772 UX- took off from RAF Watton at 08:40 on 13 AUG 1940. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) Bristol Blenheim * p016MACR

3 airmen.