Blenheim IV R3821 crashed at Aalborg West on 13/8-1940

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Blenheim IV R3821 crashed at Aalborg West on 13/8-1940.

The aircraft belonged to RAF 82 Sqn. Bomber Command and was coded UX-N.
T/o 0840 Watton OP: Aalborg.

Pilot P/O Hale managed to get thru to the airfield, but before Observer Sgt. Oliver could unload the bombs R3821 was hit by flak from 3/Flak Abt.615 and crashed on Aalborg West, its bomb load exploding on impact.

Pilot P/O Earl R.Hale, Observer Sgt Ralston G.Oliver and Air gunner Sgt. Alfred E. Boland were all killed and were laid to rest in Vadum cemetery on 16/8 1940.

(Via Ib Lødsen)
Pilot Officer Earl Hale

The wreckage

Parts from R3821 being removed

Sources : Ole Rønnest, Aabybro, LBUK, RL, WD.

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