A lad walked into a prop at Aldergrove when my dad was there ... "quite the mess" in his words. I'll have to ask the aircraft it was.
Flying any bomber during daylight in 1940 was practically suicide ... although not 1940, it's early on Bomber Command -
4th September, 1939, fifteen Blenheims and fourteen Wellingtons attacked Brunsbuttel naval base and warships in Schilling Roads. Several Blenheims attacked Admiral Scheer with 500 lbs. bombs which bounced harmlessly off the deck. And other Blenheims attacked various other German vessels, out of ten in the first wave five were shot down. The second Blenheim wave of five failed to find target, and turned home without attacking. The Wellingtons went for Brunsbuttel, no damage worth mentioning was done and two were lost. Out of twenty-four aircraft, five Blenheims and two Wellingtons were lost ... for nothing.
Flying any bomber during daylight in 1940 was practically suicide ... although not 1940, it's early on Bomber Command -
4th September, 1939, fifteen Blenheims and fourteen Wellingtons attacked Brunsbuttel naval base and warships in Schilling Roads. Several Blenheims attacked Admiral Scheer with 500 lbs. bombs which bounced harmlessly off the deck. And other Blenheims attacked various other German vessels, out of ten in the first wave five were shot down. The second Blenheim wave of five failed to find target, and turned home without attacking. The Wellingtons went for Brunsbuttel, no damage worth mentioning was done and two were lost. Out of twenty-four aircraft, five Blenheims and two Wellingtons were lost ... for nothing.
