Blenheim IV T1832 - North Sea off Texel
Updated:
06 MAR 2022
Airman | Surname | Init | Rank | Service | Sqdn | P_link | Plane | Operation | Crash_site | Crash_d | Buried_d | C_link | At_Next |
a014003.htm | Gretton | H | Sgt | RAF | 139 | p033.htm | BLE T1832 | Anti ship | North Sea off Texel | d160641 | b180841 | c014.htm | Esbjerg |
e777431.htm | Langley | R R | F/O | RAF | 139 | p033.htm | BLE T1832 | Anti ship | North Sea off Texel | d160641 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
e777432.htm | Scourfield | I D | Sgt | RAF | 139 | p033.htm | BLE T1832 | Anti ship | North Sea off Texel | d160641 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
Kl. 15.21 den 16. juni 1941 lettede
BLE T1832 fra RAF Horsham St. Faith på patrulje mod
skibe. Flyet blev angrebet af fjendtlige jagere og styrtede i havet.
En eftersøgning blev iværksat, men flyet blev ikke fundet. Styrtet i Nordsøen.
Ingen overlevende. (Kilde:
p033MACR)
Telegrafist H. Gretton drev i land ved Skallingen Ende (omkring
her). Han
blev begravet i Esbjerg den 18. august 1941.
De 2 øvrige besætningsmedlemmer forsvandt i havet. (Kilde: FAF)
Bombeflyet Bristol
Blenheim.
3 flyvere.
At 15.21 hrs. on 16 june 1941
BLE T1832 took off from RAF Horsham St. Faith on an
Anti-shipping patrol to Beat No. 9.
The plane was attacked by enemy fighters and crashed in the sea. Search sent out
but failed to find. Crashed in the North Sea. No survivors. (Source:
p033MACR)
Wireless Operator H. Gretton was washed ashore at
Skallingen Ende (about
here). He
was buried in Esbjerg on 18 August 1941.
The 2 other crew members disappeared into the sea. (Source: FAF)
No. 139 Squadron RAF * Bristol Blenheim
Blenheim IV T1832 XD- took off from RAF Horsham St. Faith at 15:21 on 16 JUN 1941. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)
3 airmen.