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

(Ole Rønnest)

Observer Sgt Ralston G. Oliver

(Ole Rønnest)

Air gunner Sgt. Alfred E. Boland

(Daily Mail via Ole Rønnest)

The wreckage

Parts from R3821 being removed

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

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