Blenheim IV T1889 - Near Vust                                                                          Updated: 27 JAN 2022
 

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
o888021.htm Biden RMM Sgt RAF 82 p024.htm BLE T1889 Attack DK Near Vust d130840 o888 o888.htm POW
o888022.htm Graham T Sgt RAF 82 p024.htm BLE T1889 Attack DK Near Vust d130840 o888 o888.htm POW
o888020.htm Oates J E Sgt RAF 82 p024.htm BLE T1889 Attack DK Near Vust d130840 o888 o888.htm POW



BLE T1889 tog del i angrebet på Aalborg, Fliegerhorst Aalborg West 13. august 1940. Nedstyrtningsstedet er her. Google Map p014-024 (Kilde: Ole Rønnest)
Se også Historisk Årbog for Thy og Vester Han Herred 1985 Bent Rolighed: Før flugtruterne hos Arkivthy.

Det sidste fly - 11. T 1889 - nåede stærkt skadet ud til kysten. Da det stod Oates klart, at flyet aldrig ville nå England, vendte han om og - efter ny beskydning -
nødlandede han flyet (her) ved Vust. Han selv blev alvorligt kvæstet i ryggen, men både han, Biden og Graham overlevede. To måneders kyndig pleje af Oates på sygehuset i Fjerritslev (her) sikrede hans overlevelse.
(Find nummeret (1.-11.) i angrebet på - i tekst fra Skudt ned over Danmark)

Bombeflyet Bristol Blenheim. p024MACR  Se Tyske flyvepladser ved Aalborg.

3 flyvere.

BLE T1889 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)

The last of the aircraft,11. T 1889, managed to reach the coast although already heavily damaged. When Oates realised that the aircraft would never be able to make it
to England, he turned the plane round and, after renewed attack by a fighter, he crash-landed (here) at Vust. Oates was seriously injured in his back, but after two months´ skilled treatment at Fjerritslev Hospital (here) he survived his injuries. His crew, Biden and Graham both survived.
(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 T1889 UX- took off from RAF Watton at 08:40 on 13 AUG 1940. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) Bristol Blenheim * p024MACR

3 airmen.