Hello Guys,
Are there any good sites where I can identify a crashed Blenheim which came down near Ockenburg The Hague on the 27th of may 1943 due to AA
I have a piece of twisted metal of a Blenheim which my aunt took from the crash site. I am not sure if that is the date at which it crashed or if it is the date at which my aunt found the metal.
Many thanks in advance,
Tom
By: ericmunk - 13th June 2012 at 13:19
Very likely to have been Wellington X HE228 of 192 Squadron that came down there on May 26th, 1943. Pilot missing in action, rest of the crew captured.
By: Tom Ros - 16th March 2004 at 20:11
Hello,
It is just one part, it is very small and impossible to id. (because it is melted and twisted)
I dont have a digital camera, sorry
Very interesting is what is written on it, but there is one problem , i cant read it
The only thing i can make out of it is Manchester, but that doesnt make any sence , does it ( I dont think it was made operational in large numbers and certainly not in 43?)
The date is certainly 27-5-43, because the wreck was guarded by germans, so that ment it was “fresh” crash
I want to find out which aircraft it was because it is a piece of history loaded with emotions.
Tom
By: Flood - 15th March 2004 at 17:05
Any chance of a pic – there are many people around here who might have an uneducated stab at the correct type and (hopefully) a few with the experience to recognise the parts too!
Flood.
By: Tom Ros - 15th March 2004 at 10:34
No Overijssel is in the East, Ockenburg was an airfield in The Hague near the coast.
I have to admit the evidence about the type and date are not quite significant. I will have to search on location
Thanks for the interest everybody!
Tom
By: nitramMkII - 15th March 2004 at 09:38
158 Squadron Halifax Mk V HR775 crashed at 01:37 near Okkenbroek, Overijssel, 3km S of Raalte on the night of the 27/28.05.43. All the crew were killed
Shot down by Lt H Augenstein of 7./NJG1
Is this the place you mean? I put Ockenburg into a route finder and its only suggestion in NL was Okkenbroek
Hope this helps
Nitram
By: Tom Ros - 15th March 2004 at 08:02
Many thanks for the interest..
I am not sure about the type, It has 27-05-43 written on the side. My dad told me it was a Blenheim, but I questioned that because of the date.
Thanks for the link and I will have to search on the location which I know for sure was former airfield Ockenburg
By: von Perthes - 14th March 2004 at 15:12
If it’s definately a Blenheim, then four were lost on the 27th May 1940 (rather than 1943), L8735, L9391, N6192, and R3703. The last was lost over the English side of the Channel. BTW L9391 was the a/c of W/Cdr Basil Embry and came down at Eperlecques, France. N6192 was shot down at Marck, France.
No 2 Group used Blenheim IVs well into 1942.
Have looked these up in the AirBritain books but no joy there.
Top para info from ‘Blitzed – the battle of France May-June 1940’ by Victor Bingham (Air Research) & ‘BCL’
By: Ant.H - 14th March 2004 at 13:06
Hi Tom,
I can’t help you with any details myself,but I can recommend the RAF Commands forum.I’m often amazed by the informative responses to even the most obscure queeries.
http://www.rafcommands.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=list&forum=DCForumID6&conf=DCConfID1
Hope they can come up with the information you’re looking for.
Ant
By: Flood - 14th March 2004 at 12:29
No Bleheims lost on operations on a 27/5 between 1940 and 1943.
Info from Bomber Command War Diaries.
1940 would be a better bet for the year; lots were lost all over western Europe in spring and summer. The chances are that your aunt might have taken the lump of wreck on that date from an old site.
Flood.
By: Distiller - 14th March 2004 at 09:53
You sure about type and date? Rather very late for Blenheims.
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