Date of death:

June 22nd, 1944 (Heerewaarden, Gelderland)

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Cemetery Uden
Plot: 5. Row: A. Grave: 5.

Service number:

1677489

Nationality:

British

Sgt. James William Blanchard
Flt. Engr. RAF (VR) No. 106 Sqdn. RAF
He was a flight engineer on the crew of a Lancaster bomber that crashed on the night of June 22, 1944, near Heerewaarden, along the road to Rossum.
The target of the flight was the Scholven-Buer oil installation in Gelsenkirchen (Germany).
The entire eight-man crew was killed. Seven of them were buried in Uden, and one (C.E. Scott) in Heerewaarden, now in Groesbeek.
The following perished with him:
F/O K.G. Bellingham, Pilot
Flt. Sgt. H. Gavin
Sgt. A. Goodacre, W.Op./Air Gunner
Sqdr. Ldr. A.J. Loughborough, Pilot
Sgt. S.J. Malaband, Air Gunner
Flt. Sgt. L. Toomey
Sgt. C.E. Scott

Archive A. Verbakel / Heemkundekring Uden

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