Blenheim IV T1807 - The North Sea                                                Updated:  07 NOV 2012
 

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777451.htm Lander P L P/O RAF 235 p044.htm BLE T1807 Patrol The North Sea d081141 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777452.htm Latimer GER Sgt RAF 235 p044.htm BLE T1807 Patrol The North Sea d081141 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a019014.htm Leake H Sgt RAF 235 p044.htm BLE T1807 Patrol The North Sea d081141 b030142 c019.htm Frederikshavn

Den 8. november 1941 styrtede BLE T1807 i Nordsøen under eskorteflyvning for 3 flyvebåde og u-båden HMS Rubis på eftersøgning.

Flyet forlod RAF Dyce kl. 07.25 den 8. november 1941. Det ramte vandet kl. 11.17 og sank. Hele besætningen omkom.

Liget af Sgt Leake drev ind nær Hirtshals (omkring her). (Kilde: p044MACR)

Airwar over Denmark har mere om dette fly og dets besætning.   Updated:  10 MAR 2026

3 flyvere.


On 8 November 1941 crashed into the North Sea. It escorted 3 flying boats and HMS Rubis (submarine) on search.

The plane left RAF Dyce at 07:25 on 8 November 1941. It hit the water at 11:17 and sank. All of the crew perished.

The body of Sgt Leake drifted ashore near Hirtshals (about here.) (Source: p044MACR)

See No. 235 Squadron RAF.

This Blenheim from RAF Coastal Command took off from RAF Dyce - now Aberdeen Airport.

Airwar over Denmark has more about this plane and its crew.     Updated:  10 MAR 2026

3 airmen.