Blenheim IV T1934 - Tranum Klit                                                                 Updated: 27 JAN 2022

13 AUG 2013 Monument p022 BLE T1934 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - Monument p023 BLE R3913 - 8 - 9 - 10 -  Vadum - 11 - 12

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a107005.htm Beeby A S Sgt RAF 82 p022.htm BLE T1934 Attack DK Tranum Klit d130840 b160840 c107.htm Vadum
a107007.htm de Virac Lart E C WCdr RAF 82 p022.htm BLE T1934 Attack DK Tranum Klit d130840 b160840 c107.htm Vadum
a107006.htm Gillingham M H P/O RAF 82 p022.htm BLE T1934 Attack DK Tranum Klit d130840 b160840 c107.htm Vadum



BLE T1934 tog del i angrebet på Aalborg, Fliegerhorst Aalborg West 13. august 1940. Nedstyrtningsstedet er her. Google Map p014-024 (Kilde: Ole Rønnest)

Omtrent sammesteds styrtede Lart´s fly 9. T 1934 (her). Hverken han selv, Gillingham eller Beeby kom fri af flyet. Kun Gillingham blev om eftermiddagen identificeret af
læge Christensen fra Brovst sygehus (her). (Find nummeret (1.-11.) i angrebet på - i tekst fra Skudt ned over Danmark)

Den 13. august 2013 blev 2 mindesten for de 6 flyvere nedstyrtet i Tranum Klit afsløret ved nedstyrtningsstederne.
Se TV2/Nord med Mindesten for flyvere,  2 min.  udskriv talen på dansk.

Bombeflyet Bristol Blenheim. p022MACR  Se Tyske flyvepladser ved Aalborg.

3 flyvere.

BLE T1934 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)

Almost at the same place Lart´s aircraft 9. T 1934 crashed (here). Neither he, Gillingham nor Beeby managed to get out. In the afternoon Gillingham, as the only one of
the three, was identified by Dr. Christensen from Brovst Hospital (here). (Find the number (1.-11.) in Attack on - in text from Shot down over Denmark)

On 13 August 2013 2 memorial stones to the 6 airmen crashed in Tranum Klit were unveiled at the crash sites.
See TV2/Nord with Mindesten for flyvere - Memorial stones to airmen,  2 min. print the speech in English.

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 T1934 UX- took off from RAF Watton at 08:40 on 13 AUG 1940. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) Bristol Blenheim * p022MACR

3 airmen.