I came across this report, which shows a recent photo of a Blenheim wreck:
http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol122jc.html
The report contains sobering details of the suffering endured by the airmen involved in the incident.
Robert M.
By: Tin Triangle - 3rd May 2012 at 11:07
It was in Flypast, probably 2003-5. Seems a long time ago, anyway.
By: Alan Clark - 3rd May 2012 at 01:51
I am sure there was an account of this in one of the magazines, can’t remember which, around the time that Major de Wet’s nephew visited the sites. The detail about the use of O2 cylinders and fire extinguishers with such terrible consequences was certainly in that published account.
Certainly makes you think what people would do when stuck out in the desert in a seemingly hopeless situation, and knowing what we know now, how it could have been ended quickly and with a good outcome for all the crews.
An interesting point from this one is that the crews stayed together and with their aircraft, rather than trying to walk out as happened with some aircraft.
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May 2, 2012 at 11:54 pm