Blenheim IV L8864 - Off Thyborøn                                                     Updated: 05 MAR 2022
 

irman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a050001.htm Baker E G Sgt RAF 18 p029.htm BLE L8864 Anti ship Off Thyborøn d250541 b210641 c050.htm Lemvig
o888384.htm Harris C N Sgt RAF 18 p029.htm BLE L8864 Anti ship Off Thyborøn d250541 o888 o888.htm POW
a050002.htm Wood F Sgt RAF 18 p029.htm BLE L8864 Anti ship Off Thyborøn d250541 b270541 c050.htm Lemvig



Den 25. maj 1941 styrtede BLE L8864 i havet ud for Thyborøn. (Omkring her ved Høfde 49. Kilde: AOD)
2 omkomne besætningsmedlemmer, Sgt Baker og Sgt Wood, blev begge fundet på Knopper Strand.
(Se Knopper Enge på kort i folderen Harboøre Tange fra Naturstyrelsen.)
De blev begravet i Lemvig af pastor J. Bendsen henholdsvis den 21. juni og 27. maj 1941.

Et overlevende besætningsmedlem (Sgt Harris) blev taget til fange. (Kilde: FAF) Han blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.

"Sgt C. N. Harris blev interneret i lejrene 8B Lamsdorf / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel." (Lost Bombers)
Bombeflyet Bristol Blenheim. p029MACR med detaljer.

3 flyvere.

On 25 May 1942 BLE L8864 crashed into the sea off Thyborøn. (About here at Groyne 49. Source: AOD)
The 2 perished crew members Sgt Baker and Sgt Wood were both found on the Knopper Beach.
They were buried in Lemvig on the 21 June and 27 May 1941 respectively. Vicar J. Bendsen officiated at the graveside ceremony.

The surviving crew member Sgt Harris was taken prisoner. (Source: FAF) He was taken to  German POW-Camps.

"Sgt C. N. Harris was interned in Camps 8B Lamsdorf / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel." (Lost Bombers)

See No. 18 Squadron RAF * Bristol Blenheim * p029MACR with details.

Blenheim IV L8864 WV-W took off from RAF Oulton at 05:50 on 25 MAY 1941. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)

3 airmen.