Blenkinsop, Edward Weyman
Personal Information
Rank | S/L |
Forename(s) | Edward Weyman |
Surname | Blenkinsop |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | DFC, Croix de Guerre (Belgium) |
Date of Death | 23-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Croix De Guerre (Belgium). Son of Hubert Weyman Blenkinsop and Winsome Hazel Blenkinsop, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JA976 |
Markings | LQ-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 278. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 132 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/3467 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Miscellaneous Information
S/L Blenkinsop was blown clear of the aircraft as it exploded and joined up with a Belgian group of Resistance fighters. He was captured in December 1944 and inexplicably sent to the infamous Belsen Concentration Camp where he later died of heart failure. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1789/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1789/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-04-1944 |
End Date | 28-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Gransden Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (29% moon) |
Operation | Montzen- to attack railway installations. 144 aircraft, 15 losses (10.4%). Not a particularly successful raid, compounded by very high loss rate. Only one part of the railway yards were hit. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Webbekom, Belgium |