Blackden, Vyvian Quentery
Personal Information
Rank | W/C |
Forename(s) | Vyvian Quentery |
Surname | Blackden |
Gender | M |
Age | 34 |
Decorations | IGSM |
Date of Death | 10-04-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Brigadier-General Leonard Shadwell Blackden, C.B.E. and Mary Helen Blackden, M.B.E. (Nee Pike), of Marden, Kent. Husband of Dorothea Mercy Blackden (Nee Rowe), of Horam, Sussex. His Brother Walter Anthony Seton Blackden Also Fell In The 1939-1945 War and His Brother Arthur Worsley Blackden Fell In The 1914-1918 War. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | W5375 |
Markings | PH-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Lemsterland (Lemmer) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot C. Row 10. Grave 260. |
Epitaph | I THANK MY GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU |
Ribbon Stone | 0465 (Block 6, Column 9, Row 3) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 10 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 16236 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | In honour of WO Vyvian Quentery Blackden 12 Sqn |
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/5755 (P358240/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-04-1941 |
End Date | 10-04-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | Night (95% moon) |
Operation | Emden |
Reason for Loss | Airborne 2230 Shot down by a night-fighter (Oblt Egmont Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld, 4./NJG1) and crashed 0059 in the IJsselmeer. All bodies were recovered and taken for burial in various Dutch cemeteries. |