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Blenheim IV R3904 crashed two km. east of Aabybro on 13/8-1940.
R3904 had been hit by flak over the target and Pilot P/O “Binjy” B.Y.J. Newland tried desperately to stay with the rest of the A flight when he was attacked by fighters. Newland was hit in his left shoulder and was aware that both Observer Sgt. Cyril Ankers and Air gunner Sgt. Kenneth Turner had been hit and were either wounded or killed. He called for them to get out and opened the escape hatch over his head, and was sucked out by the airstream. The aircraft crashed north of Kongstedgård farm east of Aabybro. Newland landed in parachute not far from the crash site where he was met by the local farmer Niels Vad. Newlands first question was: What time is it ? Shortly after a German motorcykel with sidecar arrived and took Newland away. The next day he was sent to Germany together with those
other survivors who were not wounded. They were loaded in a JU 52 and taken to
an airfield near Hamburg. At the airfield they were moved to a truck and taken
to Dulag Luft near Frankfurt. Ankers and Turner were laid to rest in Vadum cemetery on 16/8 1940.
Links to the other crashed aircrafts: August 13 1940 attack on Aalborg West
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