Blenheim IV R3829 - Torpet Kær, Vadum                                         Updated: 27 JAN 2022
 

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a107019.htm Girvan T E Sgt RAF 82 p018.htm BLE R3829 Attack DK Torpet Kær,Vadum d130840 b160840 c107.htm Vadum
a107020.htm Moore G P F/Sgt RAF 82 p018.htm BLE R3829 Attack DK Torpet Kær,Vadum d130840 b160840 c107.htm Vadum
o888027.htm Wardell R S/Ldr RAF 82 p018.htm BLE R3829 Attack DK Torpet Kær,Vadum d130840 o888 o888.htm POW



BLE R3829 tog del i angrebet på Aalborg, Fliegerhorst Aalborg West 13. august 1940. Nedstyrtningsstedet er her. Google Map p014-024 (Kilde: Ole Rønnest)

5. R 3829 styrtede ned (her) øst for Vadum. Moore og Girvan kom ikke fri af det brændende fly. Kun Squadron Leader Wardell overlevede stærkt forbrændt. Hermed var
B-flighten udslettet. (Find nummeret (1.-11.) i angrebet på - i tekst fra Skudt ned over Danmark)

Bombeflyet Bristol Blenheim. p018MACR  Se Tyske flyvepladser ved Aalborg.

3 flyvere.

BLE R3829 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)

5. R 3829 crashed (here). Moore and Girvan did not manage to get out of the burning aircraft. Only Squadron Leader Wardell survived, badly burnt. The entire B-flight
had been eliminated. (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 R3829 UX- took off from RAF Watton at 08:40 on 13 AUG 1940. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) Bristol Blenheim * p018MACR

3 airmen.